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Cbe  new  Vork  Crust  eompany 


26  Bread  Street 


Capital  $3,000,000 


Surplus  ana  Profits,  $10,330,000 


OTTO   T.  BANNARD,   President. 
WILLARD  V.  KING.      1  .  HEXRV  E.  AHERN,  Secretary. 

ALEX.  S.  WEBB,  Jr.      J       '"-reMccnt^  FREDERICK  J.  HORNE,  Asst.  Secretary. 

MORTIMER  B.  BUCKNER,  Treasurer.  HERBERT  W.  MORSE,  2d  Asst.  Secretary 


TRUSTEES 


Otto  T.  Bannard, 
S.  Reading  Bertro:i, 
James  A.  Blair, 
Robert  W.  de  Forest, 
John  B.  Dennis, 
Elbert  H.  Gary, 
Joseph  P.  Grace, 


Chas.  W.  Harkncss, 
James  J.  Hill, 
F.  'N.  Hoffstot, 
Arthur  .Curtiss  James, 
Frederic  B.  Jennings, 
Walter  Jennings, 
Chaiincey  Keep, 


Willard  V.  King, 
Woodbury  Langdon, 
Gordon  ]\Iacdonald, 
John  J.  Mitchell, 
James   Parmelee, 
John  S.  Phipps, 
George  W.  Perkins, 


E.  Parnialee  Prentice, 
Edmund  D.  Randolph, 
Norman  B.  Ream, 
B.  Aymar  Sands, 
John  W.  Sterling, 
James  Stillman, 
Ernst  Thalmann, 


Myles  Tierney, 


P.  A.  Valentine. 


STATEHENT  OF  APRIL  3d,  1906 


RESOURCES. 

Cash  in  bank  and  office $2,558,539.86 

Loans  on  collateral ■. .  .  33.979,183.02 

Bills  purchased  ; . .  .  2,2i7;8i6.56 

Stocks  and  bonds,  market  value....  13,383,415.38 

Bonds   and  mortgages 2,487,680.00 

Real   estate    63.000.00 

Interest   receivable 344.635.91 


$55,034,270.73 


LIABILITIES. 

Capital    $3,000,000.00 

♦Surplus  and  undivided  profits 10,330,002.60 

Deposits    41,473,618.13 

Interest    payable 230,650.00 


$55,034,270.73 


*.\fter  deducting  accrued  taxes,  expenses  and  dividend 
♦October  I,  1905,  $9,892,086. 


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Tiffany  &  Co. 

Comparison  of  Prices 

Tiffany  &  Co.  always  welcome  a  com- 
parison of  prices  and  an  examination  of 
their  merchandise.  This  applies  to  their 
entire  stock  of  rich,  as  well  as  inexpen- 
sive jewelry,  silverware,  watches,  clocks, 
bronzes,  fine  pottery,  glassware  and 
other  artistic  objects,  on  all  of  which 
their  prices  are  as  reasonable  as  is  con- 
sistent with  the  standard  of  quality  and 
workmanship  strictly  maintained  by  the 
house 

Upon  advice  as  to  requirements  and 
limit  of  price.  Tiffany  &  Co.  will  send 
photographs  or  careful  descriptions  of 
what  their  stock  affords,  free  of  all  ob- 
ligation to  purchase 

To  persons  known  to  the  house,  or  to 
those  who  will  make  themselves  known 
by  reference  from  any  national  bank  or 
responsible  business  house,Tiffany  &  Co. 
will  send  a  selection  from  their  stock 

Fifth  Avenue  Newark 


and  37th  Street 


Formerly  at   Union  Square 


Tiffany  &  Co. 
1906  Blue  Book 

will  be  sent  to  in- 
tending: purchasers 
without  charge 
This  catalogue 
contains 

no  illustrations 

It  is  a  compact  lit- 
tle volume  of  530 
pages  and  over 
6,000  suggestions 
of  jewelry,  silver- 
ware and  choice 
artistic  objects  suit- 
able for  weddingor 
other  gifts,  with 
the  minimum  and 
maximum  prices  at 
which  they  may  be 
purchased 


Mail  Order 
Department 

Tiffany  &  Co.'s  re- 
moval to  their  new 
building.  Fifth  Av- 
enue and  Thirty- 
seventh  Street,  has 
enabled  them  to 
materially  increase 
the  scope  and  fa- 
cilities of  their  Mail 
Order  Department 
Patrons  unable  to 
visit  the  establish- 
ment are  assured 
expeditious  service 
and  the  same  care- 
ful attention  as  is 
given  to  purchases 
made  in  person 


Tiffany  &  Co.  are 
strictly  retailers 
They  do  not  employ 
agents  or  sell  their 
wares  through 
other  dealers 


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The  New 

STEINWAY  VERTEORAND 

is  an  inspiration  of  genius.  Its  introduction  has  revolutionized  the  whole  piano  trade 
and  its  triumphs  are  overwhelming.  In  the  first  place,  it  presents  an  attainment  for 
which  all  other  manufacturers  have  vainly  striven — a  piano  upright  in  form  with  a 
grand-like  tone.  Besides,  its  price,  of  $500,  has  established  a  standard  that  has  forced 
makes  of  uncertain  merit  in  the  class  where  they  belong,  thus  eliminating  the  unrea- 
sonable prices  asked  for  them.  This  happy  combination  of  merit  and  price  has  made 
the  Vertegrand  the  shrine  of  worship  for  the  legion  of  music-lovers  of  refinement,  cul- 
ture and  judgment  whose  limited  means  have  heretofore  prevented  the  gratification  of 
their  desires.  The  musical  value  of  this  marvelous  little  instrument  is  the  more  empha- 
sized when  compared  with  the  multitude  of  so-called  small  grand  pianos  wherein  tone 
is  sacrificed  for  size.     Hear  it  and  be  convinced. 

Ulustrded  Catalogue  and  the  Little  Booklet  entitled,  "The  Triumph  of  the  Vertegrand,"  sent  upon  request 

STEINWAY  &  50N5 

Stcinway  Hall,  107-109  East  14th  St. 

SUBWAY  EXPRESS  STATION 


AT  OUR  DOOR 


NEW  YORK 


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BANKERS 
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N.Y.  Stock  Exchange  Investments 

J.  AUGUSTUS  BARNARD, 
FRANCIS  SKIDDY  MARDEN. 


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135     BROADWAY  BRANCH,    36   WAL-L  ST. 

CAPITAL    AND    SURPLUS,     $12,200,000 


PRESIDENT 

OAKLEIGH      THORNE 


Honorary    Vice-President 
JOHN      D.    CRIMMINS 


WILLIAM    H.    LEUPP  IstVice-p't 

H.    B.    FONDA  Treasurer 

FRANK  L.   HI  LTON    .  Asst.    Secy 

JOHN   G.BOSTON        .  Solicitor 


HEMAN    DOWD  .    2ndVice-P't 

RAYMOND  J.  CHATRY  Secretary 
CARLETON  BUNCE  .  Asst.  Secy 
W.J.ECK  .      Asst.  Secy 


FRANKW.   BLACK 


Auditor 


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NEW    YORK    CITY 


R.  W.  JONES,  Jr.,  President 

NELSON  G.  AYRES,  1st  Vice  President 

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LUDWIG   NISSEN 
ERSKINE  HEWITT 
CHAS.  J.  DAY  ' 

GEO.  W.  ADAMS 

Cashier 


R.  B.  ESTERBROOK 

Asst.  Cashier 


WE  CORDIALLY  INVITE  YOUR  ACCOUNT 


Citizens'  Savings  Bank 


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City  of  New  York 

56-58  Bowery,  Corner  Canal  Street 


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Amount  due  29,563  Depositors $14,594,136.77 

Surplus    1,802,625.61        € 

Total  assets 16,396,762.38       J 


OFFICERS  AND  TRUSTEES 

HENRY  HASLER, President 

BARAK  G.  COLES, Vice-President 

JOHN  L.  DUDLEY, Vice-President 

Charles  H.  Steinway  Arthur  W.  Watson 

Douglas  Taylor  John  C.  Juhring 

Thomas  H.  Wood  John  M.  Fuchs 

Charles  Gulden  David  C.  Townsend 
Percival  Kuhne  Frederick  W.Wurster 

John  Stemme  Daniel  T.  Wilson 

Robert   P.   Lethbridge  Charles  H.  Smith 

SiGOURNEY  W.  Fay  John  A.  Beall 

James  Rowland  Charles  H.  Clark 

Henry   Sayler,    Secretary 

Emil  a.  Huber, Ass't  Secretary 


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MoLnvif».ct\ired  by 

GAS  ENGINE  (S.  POWER  CO.,  AND  CHARLES  L.  SEABVRY  <S.  CO.,  CONSOLIDATED 

MORR.IS  HEIGHTS,  ON  THE  HARLEM,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Builders  BlIso  of 

HIGH  SPEED  AND  CRUISING  YACHTS  NAPHTHA  LAUNCHES  AND  MARINE  MACHINER.Y 

Send  Terv  Cents,  StOLmps,  for  IllustraLted  Cata.Io£vje 


FOWNES  GLOVES 
ARE  THE  BEST 


ESTABLISHED    1777 


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ESTABLISHED  1826 


^^Onyx''  Hosiery 

The  summer  girl  is  never  more  resplendent  than 
when  wearing  this  celebrated  creation.  Made  in  the 
finest  qualities  of  silk  Hsle  and  cotton.  Many  new 
and  exclusive  designs  in  embroidered  and  lace 
effects.  Adds  a  touch  of  distinctiveness  to  one's 
dress   on    any  occasion.         :         :         :         :         : 


;  Lord  &    Taylor^ 


{Wholesale  Distributors) 
New    York. 


SELF-CHARGING   ELECTRIC    LAUNCHES 

Our  latest  improvement,  the  "Charging  Motor,"  has  made  possible  the  building  of  Electric  Launches  which  are  independent  of 
all  outside  electrical  supply,  making  them  serviceable  for  use  on  all  mountain  lakes,  rivers,  and  the  remote  sections  of  the  country. 

THETiDEAL  LAUNCH.      £,^0  High-speed  Gasoliiie  Boats  ';^T^J:zi&7sZt:na^ 

Our  beautifully  illustrated  catalogue  will  be  ^UC     CI    E/^'TDI/^     I     A  1 1  M /^  U     /^  r>  Ml  D  A  iki  V  Main  Office  and  Works^ 

sent  on  receipt  of  four  cents  for  postage.         I   fl  t      tUtUIKIU      LAUriUn      Vi/nflfANT     AVENUE    A,    BA  YONNE,    N.    J. 


New  York  Office:  5  Nassau  St.,N.  Y.     Chicago  Office  &  Show  Room.  1409  Michigan  Ave. 


-^o  mill,   from  Liberty  St..  N.  Y.  City,  C.  R.  R.  of  N.J, 


-^  Coal 
SvLrvanep 


Co  West  to  the  Ocean 

California  Sumtner  ^^eatker  is  de* 
ligktful  along  the  Paci£c  and  up  in  the 
Sierras.     You  can  also  visit  Colorado 


resorts,  tlie  Grand  Canyon  of  Arizona 


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Round-trip    excursion  tickets  to  California  on  sale  all 
Summer  at 


$75  ^""^ 


$69  ^Lu. 


$60  ^""^ 


Chicago  •I'V/C/    St.  Louis       t(^^^V/   Miasouri River 

Correspondingly  low  rates  from  tke  East  generally. 

Also  one  fare  plus  $2  last  sveek  in  June  and  firstweek  in  July. 

Not  room  here  to  tell  all  you  may  wish  to  knoTV.  \Von't 
you  write  to  us  and  ask  for  full  information  ?  **To  Cali- 
fornia Over  the  Santa  Fe  Trail"  and  *' California  Summer 
Outings**are  two  SantaFe  publications  you  will  ^^ish  to  read. 

AddreM.  Paw.  Dept..  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry..  Railway  ExcKange.  Clucago. 


SantaFeTmil 
-to  ±he.  Grand. 


TKe  Ideal  Garments  For  Particular  Men 

Scientifically  constructed  with  an  elastic  insertion  that  makes  them  fit  and  makes  them 
comfortable  at  all  times. 

The  SCRIVEN  IMPROVED  ELASTIC  SEAM  DRAWERS  are  made  in  a  variety 
of  popular  Fabrics,  in  full  and  knee  lengths.     For  sale  by  good  haberdashers  generally. 

Send  for  booklet  describing  the  various  styles.  This  booklet  also  contains  a  compre- 
hensive treatise  on  Physical  Culture  for  the  busy  business  man.     It's  Free. 

J.  A.  SCRIVEN  COMPANY 

Sole  Manufatcturers 
16-18  EAST  15th   STREET  NEW    YORK 


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Is  universally  recognized  as  the  Standard 
by  which  all  others  are  judged   ' 


452  FIFTH  AVE.         194  FIFTH  AVE. 


Corner  40ih  St. 


Fifth  Avenue  Hotel 


189  BROADWAY 

NeaLr  Dey  St. 


ROSBACH 

Natural   Sparkling 
Table  Water 

Special    Offer    to    Customers 

Upon  receipt  of  remittance  for  $1.00,  a 
sample  case  of  "ROSBACH"  containing 
Six  Quarts,  will  be  delivered  to  any  ad- 
dress, together  with  a  hcindsome  Fan. 
This  Fan  is  a  very  artistic  creation,  pro- 
duced in  fourteen  colors  and  gold,  in 
seven  sections  representing  the  Muses, 
etc.,  and  has  been  made  specially  for  our 
New  York  House. 

Publicity  Department, 
Rosbach  Offices, 
358  Fifth  Avenue, 

New  York. 


Seventh  Regiment  passing  BALL,   BLACK  &   CO' S  Store,  Apri:  /<?,  1861 

BLACK,   STARR  &   FROST 

—  SVCCESSORS    TO  

ISall.  Slark  $c  (Ho. 


Diamonds,     Emeralds    and    other    Precious    Stones 
Pearl  Necklaces  Makers  of  Artistic  Jewelry 


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CLOCKS,    BRONZES,    WEDDING    and   SOCIAL    STATIONERY 


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A  R.ecord  of  J  ifty  1  ears 

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It  is  with  great  pride  that  we  refer  to  our  Record  of  having  established  and 
continuously  maintained  our  Dry  Goods  Stores  at  the  same  location,  Broadway,  8th 
and  9th  Streets,  for  the  past  FIFTY  YEARS,  during  which  period  we  have  been 
patronized  by  the  oldest  families  of  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Staten  Island  and  New  Jersey, 
and  still  enjoy  their  patronage,  together  with  the  ever  increasing  purchasing  public 
of  this  growing  section. 

Our  liberal  policy  of  dealing  with  the  public  has  been  recognized  by  them,  and 
our  efforts  have  been  crowned  with  success.    The  tide  of  travel,  trade  and  finance     . ' 
to  this  central  location,  with  its  close  proximity  to  the  Astor  Place  Subway  and  all 
surface  lines  of  railroads  by  which  our  patrons  from  all  parts  of  New  York,  Brooklyn, 
Staten  Island  and  New  Jersey  are  brought  direct  to  our  doors* 

All  indications  point  to  making  this  the  great  shopping  and  financial  centre  for 
the  next  FIFTY  YEARS,  a  fact  that  has  been  conceded  and  recognized  by  the  wisest 
merchants  of  to-day  and  whose  judgment  has  been  verified  by  the  actual  existing  condi- 
tions, and  we  have  made  every  preparation  to  have  our  Reputation  and  Prestige  keep 
pace  with  the  demands  of  our  patrons,  having  served  them  faithfully  for  the  PAST  FIFTY 
YEARS,  we  solicit  their  further  favors  for  the  NEXT  FIFTY  YEARS  at  the  old 
ESTABLISHED  STORES.  . 


Srnaftmay,  Btl|  anh  9tl|  BUMb 

<3nt  Minute  from  Aatnr  piarr  ^ubmaQ  Station 


JI  CDest  of  Rcca  $  Barton  Sterling  Silver  CaDieware 

No  GIFT  to  the  bride,  save  the  wedding  ring  itself,  can  supersede  the  chest  of 
silverware.  It  is  the  one  essential  gift,  the  foundation  of  the  "family 
silver" — the  heirloom  of  the  future. 

No  table  service  will  be  more  highly  prized  or  give  more  enduring 
satisfaction  than  one  of  the  exquisite  and  exclusive  designs  from  the  famous  REED 
&  BARTON  Silver  Works. 


Diamond  and  Gold  Jewelry.  The  best  makes 
Swiss  and  American  Watches.  Hall  Clocks.  Cut 
Glass.  Leather  Goods.  Canes  and  Umbrellas. 
Articles  for  the  Rider  and  Driver.  Bronze  Elec- 
tric Portable  Lamps. 


Wedding  and   Social   Invitations   carefully   en- 


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320  Fifth  Avenue,  Corner  Thirty-Second  Street.  NEW  YORK 

NOTE:  Also  a  store  at  6  Maiden  Lane  [  Silverware  Only  ] 


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graved  in  correct  form.    Business  announcements  ^ 

and  menus  for  banquets.    Coats  of  Arms  and  In-  ^ 

signia  emblazoned  upon  stationery.    We  furnished  ^ 

the  menus  for  the  7th  Reg.  banquet.  ^ 


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Bartens  (Ei  Rice  Co. 


Diamonds,  Watches,  Jewelry 
in  Artistic  and  Cxclvisive 
Designs.    Moderate  Prices  and 
R^eliable  Goods 


588    FIFTH    AVENUE 

BETWEEN      47th      AND      48th    STREETS 


Established  nearly  100  Yeatrs 

BARRETT,  NEPHEWS  5,  CO. 

Old    Staten    Island    Dyeing   Establishment 

554  CANAL  ST..  NEW  YORK 

34  Offices  Over  1,000  Agents 


We  CleoLi)  and  dye  everything   thoLt  is  cleoLnable  or  dyea.ble 
from  the  most  FraL^ile   Lace   to  the  heaviest   Wilton   Carpet. 


DRY    CLEANING 

renovates  everything  for  you  or  your  home.  No  water,  no  soap,  no  scrub- 
bing, no  rubbing;  just  our  simple  harmless  process  which  has  revolution- 
ized cleaning. 

CARPET    DYEING 

We  develop  colors;  those  real  artistic  tones  which  delight  the  housewife, 
harmonize  with  the  surroundings  and  make  refurnishing  a  pleasure.  Of 
course,  we  dye  the  prevailing  colors — Greens,  Reds,  etc.. 

HOUSE    DRAPERIES 

Only  slightly  soiled?  Then  we  suggest  a  freshening,  or  "touching  up," 
and  nothing  does  it  like  Dry  Cleaning. 

BLANKETS  &  LACE  CURTAINS 

Finished  like  new.  Blankets  made  sweet  and  wholesome  and  flufify  like 
the  warmest  wool. 

DRAPERIES   DYED 

like  the  wall-paper  or  carpet  gives  everything  in  the  whole  room  the  ap- 
pearance of  being  brand  new.  It  will  pay  you  to  ask  our  representative  to 
call  and  explain  details. 

ARMY  BLANKETS,  UNIFORMS,  ETC. 

cleaned  by  us  at  special  rates.  Our  work  is  the  best  done  and  our  represen- 
tative calls  upon  request. 

MEN'S    CLOTHING 

If  the  average  dressed  man  won  fd  have  his  clothing  occasionally  dry 
cleaned  he  would  cut  his  tailor's  bills  in  two. 

Goods  called  for  and  delivered  without  charge   to  any  part   of  Manhattan   or   the   Bronx   or 
Brooklyn.     Telephone  our  nearest  oMce  and  your  order  will  be  attended  to  without  delay. 

See  telephone  book  for  list  of  offices. 


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Charlottesville  Woolen  Mills 

Charlottesville,         -         Va* 

Manufacturers  of 

Highest  Grade   Cadet    Grays^   Sky    and    Dark    Blues 

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The  Seventh  Regiment, N.G.N. Y. 


A  Brief  History  1806-1906 


«•      •       •  « 


HE  history  of  the  Sev- 
enth Regiment  in  a 
sense,  is  a  history  of  the 
modern  miHtia  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  for, 
from  its  inception  in 
1806,  the  development  of 
this  body  is  a  record  of 
the  evolution  of  our  citi- 
zen soldiery  from  the 
period  when  all  the  male 
inhabitants  of  an  age 
and  ability  to  bear  arms 
assembled'  on  "general 
training  days"  and  acquired  their  crude  military 
education  in  homeopathic  doses  too  seldom  ad- 
ministered to  be  very  efficacious.  That  a  con- 
densed history  of  the  Regiment  will  prove  of  in- 
terest to  others  than  its  members  or  veterans  at 
this  time  is  credible  because  such  an  occasion  as 
the  celebration  of  a  centennial  anniversary  of  the 
beginning  of  any  important  public  organization 
inspires  a  sufficient  interest  to  learn  the  causes 
of  its  viability  and  long  endurance  and  in  this 
case  the  subject  is  a  military  organization  that 
now  and  for  many  years,  by  the  strictest  of 
official  comparative  tests  is  rated  as  the  first  and 
the  model  National  Guard  Regiment  of  its  State 
and  of  our  Nation,  besides  being  a  creditable  and 
recognized  institution  of  the  American  metropolis, 
most  remarkable   for   its   strong  individuality. 

While  this  brief  life  history  of  this  Regiment 
is  extracted  and  compiled  from  several  published 
and  unpublished  sources,  its  principal  foundation, 
of  course,  is  the  History  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
of  New  York,  1806-1889,  by  the  late  General 
Emmons  Clark,  who  for  twenty-five  years  was 
its  commanding  officer.  The  history  was  published 
in  1890  by  the  Regiment.  A  perusal  of  this 
valuable  work  excites  speculation  in  the  mind  of 
the  thoughtful  reader,  in  view  of  the -extraordinary 
fitness  of  several  of  the  regimental  commanders 
and  line  officers  and  also  of  the  rare  devotion  and 
fidelity  to  the  high  ideals  of  the  Seventh  and  to 
their  onerous  military  duties  by  the  men  in  the 
ranks,  as  to  which  of  these  two  principal  factors 
in  the  success  of  the  organization  the  greater 
credit  is  due.  As  to  the  excellence  of  the  cen- 
tenarian Seventh  Regiment  as  a  National  Guard 
organization,  its  establishment  does  not  rest  upon 
a  vainglorious  self-appreciation  of  its  members : 
the  facts  are  in  immutable  figures  resting  in  the 
records  of  the  office  of  the  Adjutant  General  of 
the  State  of  New  York  at  Albany ;  these  figures 
detailing  matters  of  attendance,  of  marksman- 


ship  and  other  phases  of  s(5MferVy»  ^iJt j-  coliscien- 
tiously  and  constantly  performed  do  not  lie. 

It  was  characteristic  of  Gen.  Emmons  Clark 
that  in  initiating  his  history  of  the  Regt. — the 
development  and  improvement  of  which  was  the 
greater  part  of  his  life's  work — he  should  begin 
at  the  beginning  of  things  military  in  New  York 
by  citing  the  firing  upon  Captain  Hendrik  Hud- 
son in  his  yacht,  the  Half-Moon,  by  Indians 
armed  with  their  aboriginal  weapons,  the  bow 
and   arrows,    from    the   ground   now   known   as 


D.\NIPL  API'LETON,    COLONEL    1889 

Washington  Height,  in  Sept.,  1609,  as  a  warning 
to  traders  and  colonists  who  came  after  Hudson 
that  to  secure  peace  they  must  always  be  pre- 
pared for  war.  Our  historian  then  proceeds  to 
write  a  most  interesting  general  history  of  the 
birth  and  growth  of  the  local  militia  from  the 
beginning  of  the  occupation  of  Manhattan  Island 
by  the  Dutch,  recounting  their  small,  but  to  them 
important,  frontier  troubles  with  the  natives  and 
covering  the  whole  colonial  subject  quite 
thoroughly  up  to  and  through  the  Revolution  and 
the  first  six  years  of  the  Nineteenth  Century, 
until  the  military  organization  now  known  as  the 
7th  Regt.  commenced  its  existence  in  the  year 


l8o6  by  the  organization  of  its  iirst  four  corn- 
panes  and  carefully  noting  and  bringing  out  into 
-  .  strong  rplie^  th^t  its  origin  is  directly  due  and 
■ :  ;tr,Hcea.bie'  t©.  (Jirfcumstances  of  the  greatest  his- 
*  t'oridal   inteiiest''  to    every   American ;   the    right 
;t  cliip'ied' ;b;y   Gr,<^fc 'Britain   to   search    American 
'  •ye'Si^l's  a5i^l,tak«.?uoni  them  British  subjects  serv- 
ing as  seamen  or  o'iificers ;  the  denial  of  this  pre- 
posterous claim  by  our  too  long  patient  Govern- 
ment and  the  clashes  that  had  occurred  through 
the   high-handed   action   of   the   officers   of   the 
British  Navy  in  repeatedly  boarding  and  search- 
ing American  merchantmen  upon  the  high  seas 
and  upon  our  coasts. 

The  exact  incident,  to  be  precise,  which, 
through  arousing  to  the  highest  pitch  the  in- 
dignation of  our  citizens,  led  to  the  organizing 
of  the  Second  Company  on  May  6,  1806,  at  St. 
John's  Hall,  in  Frankfort  Street.  This,  the  event 
that  is  commemorated  by  the  present  Centennial 
Celebration,  was  the  action  on  April  25th,  1806, 
of  the  commander  of  a  British  squadron — its 
flagship  was  the  Leander — in  firing  one  hundred 
shots  at  a  score  of  American  merchant  vessels, 
one  shot  killing  John  Pierce,  a  respectable  and 
well-known  citizen  of  New  York,  who  was 
helmsman  of  the  sloop  Richard.  Indignation 
meetings  of  citizens  followed  and  the  Government 
was  called  on  to  defend  the  city  and  maintain 
the  honor  and  dignity  of  the  Nation.  Patriotic 
feeling  immediately  impelled  citizens,  especially 
the  younger  men,  to  military  organization.  To 
quote  here  from  General  Clark's  excellent  his- 
tory of  these  stirring  times  when  the  infant  na- 
tion was  verging  on  its  second  war  with  its  first 
foe  and  sometime  oppressor: 

"Prominent  among  the  new  organizations  were  four 
companies  of  artillery,  which  are  now  known  as  the 
First,  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  Companies  of  the  7th 
Regt.  At  the  time  of  their  organization  and  for  many 
years  thereafter  they  were  not  designated  numerically 
as  above,  but  according  to  the  custom  of  the  period 
were  known  and  recognized  by  the  name  of  the  com- 
manding officer,  as  "Captain  Morgan's  Company," 
"Captain  Hewitt's  Company,"  etc.  But  to  avoid  any 
confusion  in  the  identity  of  these  four  companies  they 
will  be  uniformly  designated  in  the  following  pages  by 
the  numbers  by  which  they  are  now  known." 

"The  Second  Company's  original  parchment  roll  is 
among  the  Company's  archives  to-day.  Unfortunately 
the  original  rolls  and  records  of  the  First  and  Third 
Companies,  if  in  existence,  are  not  in  their  possession, 
and  the  precise  dates  of  their  organization  cannot  be 
ascertained.  The  roll  of  the  Fourth  Company,  on  parch- 
ment, is  complete  from  1812  as  a  company  in  the 
Eleventh  Regiment,  and  contains  also  the  names  of 
members  at  that  time  in  the  company  who  had  enlisted 
from  1806  to  1812.  The  want  of  care  as  to  military 
records  and  to  the  preservation  of  the  same  at  this 
period,  and  the  very  limited  notice  by  the  few  public 
journals  of  the  local  news  of  the  day,  must  account  for 
the  paucity  of  particulars  in  respect  to  the  origin  of  the 
original  companies  of  the  7th  Regt.  That  they  were 
organized  in  the  months  of  May  and  June,  1806;  that 
their  founders  were  active  merchants  and  tradesmen; 
and  that  patriotism  and  a  desire  to  serve  in  the  defense 
of  the  city  were  the  immediate  causes  of  their  organiza- 


tion ,-re  important  and   unquestionable  facts   connected 
with  their  origin. 

"When  the  number  of  men  had  been  duly  enrolled 
as  required  by  law,  the  companies  proceeded  to  elect 
their  officers,  and  they  selected  for  the  more  important 
positions  those  who  had  been  most  active  and  influential 
in  organizing  the  companies  and  whose  ability,  energy 
and  social  standing  wouJd  be  likely  to  secure  their  con- 
tinued prosperity.  It  was  a  prevailing  practice  at  this 
period  to  confer  the  offices  of  military  organizations 
upon  those  who  could  contribute  most  liberally  in  time 
and  money  to  their  support.  But  this  custom  did  not 
prevent  the  four  original  companies  of  the  7th  Regt. 
from  bestowing  their  honors  upon  men  of  merit,  and  in 
some  cases  upon  officers  of  considerable  experience  in 
the  militia  of  the  city." 

The  First  Co.  was  organized  by  the  election  of 
Henry  Morgan  as  Captain;  Ezra  Robins,  First 
Lieutenant;  and  Aaron  Forman,  Second  Lieu- 
tenant. Capt.  Morgan  had  already  served  as  an 
ensign  and  a  Captain  in  the  Fifth  Regt.  of  In- 
fantry. 

When  the  Second  Company  was  organized  on 
May  6,  1806,  eleven  subscribed  themselves  as 
members ;  the  original  members  were  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  they  christened  their  new 
military  organization  the  "Masonic  New  York 
Artillerie."  The  Second  Company's  first  Cap- 
tain was  James  Hewitt,  who  had  served  in  the 
militia  15  years  and  since  1793  had  been  a  com- 
missioned officer.  Barnet  Anderaise,  the  Lieu- 
tenant, was  a  high  Masonic  official.  The  organ- 
ization of  the  Third  Co.  was  completed  by  the 
election  of  John  Fleming  as  Captain ;  Theophilus 
W.  Smith,  First  Lieutenant ;  and  Alpheus  Sher- 
man, Second  Lieutenant.  The  first  officers  of  the 
Fourth  Co.  were  Capt.,  John  W.  Forbes ;  First 
Lt.,  Thomas  R.  Mercein;  and  Second  Lt.,  John 
M.  Bradhurst.  The  officers  of  these  new  Com- 
panies were  evidently  hustlers,  to  use  a  modern 
term,  as  in  June  they  applied  to  the  Governor  of 
the  State  for  recognition,  which  was  promptly 
responded  to  by  General  Orders,  dated  June  25, 
1806,  providing  for  the  addition  of  several  Com- 
panies to  the  Battalion  of  Artillery  of  the  First 
Brigade,  and  authorizing  the  officers  already 
elected  to  act  as  such  until  duly  confirmed  by  the 
Council  of  Appointment  of  the  State.  Under 
these  orders,  signed  by  Maj.  Gen.  Stevens,  the 
Division  Commander,  these  four  Companies  were 
officially  attached  to  the  Battalion  of  Artillery 
commanded  by  Major  Andrew  Sitcher,  with  the 
understanding  that  the  Battalion  would  be 
raised  to  a  regiment  as  soon  as  the  requisite  legis- 
lative authority  could  be  obtained.  Although  the 
quartet  of  new  companies  were  nominally  ar- 
tillery thev  elected  to  be  armed  with  muskets  and 
to  drill  as  infantry ;  thus,  armed  with  the  smooth- 
bore flintlock  muskets  of  the  period,  they  soon 
began  their  open  air  drills,  and  speedily  equalled 
in  this  accomplishment  the  best  of  their  local 
fellow  soldiery.  It  may  be  considered  that  the 
simple  tactics  of  Baron  Steuben  were  easily 
mastered. 


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The  first  parade  of  the  four  companies  was  on 
Nov.  25,  1806,  the  twenty-third  anniversary  of 
the  evacuation  of  New  York  by  the  British.  The 
Brigade  of  Artillery,  Gen.  Jacob  Morton  com- 
manding, of  which  the  four  companies  were  com- 
ponents was  the  great  military  attraction  of  its 
day.  On  this  occasion  the  brigade  was  reviewed 
at  the  Battery  by  Maj.-Gen.  Stevens,  and  at  its 
conclusion  the  soldiers  marched  to  the  City  Hall, 
where  DeWitt  Clinton,  then  Mayor  of  New  York, 
presented  the  Brigade  with  two  stands  of  colors 
in  the  presence  of  a  great  concourse  of  people 
to  whom  at  that  day  such  an  imposing  military 
turn  out  and  ceremony  was  a  great  event. 

From  the  date  of  this,  the  first  public  ap- 
pearance of  the  quartet  of  companies,  which  un- 
consciously were  the  foundation  and  nucleus  of 
the  model  and  typical  body  of  American  citizen 
soldiers  for  the  next  hundred  years,  their  history 
is  briefly  but  thoroughly  covered  elsewhere  in 
this  issue  of  the  Gazette,  each  Co.  separate- 
ly, until  the  year  1847,  when  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment itself  came  into  existence  and  has  since 
remained  an  entity  with  a  solidarity  that  is  un- 
rivalled by  any  similar  organization  in  this  coun- 
try. 

The  first   four  Companies  were  born  of  the 
travail  that  preceded  the  War  of  18 12,  and  the 
Seventh  Regiment  itself  was  created  out  of  the 
circumstances  evolved  from  our  war  with  Mexi- 
co, for  from  those  far  off  battle-fields  began  to 
arrive  in  New  York  in  February,  1847,  the  re- 
mains of  fallen  heroes  and  all  civic  and  military 
organizations  were  uniting  to  do  their  memories 
honor.     The  Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  prede- 
cessor to  the  Seventh,  paraded  on  May  7th  to  cele- 
brate the  recent  brilliant  victories  that  had  crown- 
ed our  arms  in  Mexico,  while  various  Companies 
previously  had  turned  out  as  funeral  escorts  to 
the  bodies  of  several  of  the   distinguished  officers 
who  found  their  fate  in  the  land  of  the  Aztecs. 
Naturally  the  War  with  Mexico  created  excite- 
ment in  military  circles  in  New  York  just  as  the 
prospect  of  war,  when  war  became  inevitable  in 
1806,   had   then   stimulated   military   ardor,   and 
existing  organizations  were  recruited  easily,  while 
new   ones   were  projected.     The  parade  event, 
locally,  of  the  year  i'847,  was  that  on  June  25th, 
when  the  New  York  militia  paraded  at  the  Battery 
in   honor  of  the  visit  to  the   city   of  President 
James  K.  Polk,  and  were  reviewed  by  the  Presi- 
dent.   At  this  time  the  militia  laws  of  the  State 
were  in  a  condition  that  satisfied  few  military  men 
and  tinkering  by  legislators,  in  which  the  law- 
makers   from   the   country,   as   they   do   to-day, 
favored   the   wishes   of   their   constituents,    only 
made  matters  worse,  especially  for  the  military 
organizations  of  the  counties  of  New  York  and 
Richmond.     The  Twenty-seventh  Regt.  was  an 
active  factor  in  petitioning  for  repeal  or  modifica- 
tion of  these  unsatisfactory  laws  and  on  May  6th 


PROSPER    M.    WETMORE,    COLONEL    1826-27. 

a  new  Act  was  passed  providing  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  First  Division  of  the  New  York  State 
Militia,  which  made  the  counties  of  New  York 
and  Richmond  "the  First  Division  District."  A 
second  section  provided  for  the  equalization  of 
the  several  brigades  of  artillery  and  formed  a 
new  brigade  of  infantry;  brigades  were  to  be 
numbered  from  one  to  four  and  it  was  provided 
that  the  regiments  should  be  renumbered.  The 
requirement  that  the  regiments  should  be  re- 
numbered was  unacceptable  to  the  officers  and 
men  of  the  Twenty-seventh  because  they  had 
built  up  an  organization  of  enviable  reputation 
and  many  cherished  associations  ware  linked 
with  the  name ;  however  they  yielded  and  Col. 
Bremner,  the  Commanding  Officer,  intimated  to 
the  Adjutant  General  that  the  number  7  would 
be  acceptable  to  the  officers  and  members  on  ac- 
count of  its  similarity  to  the  old  number,  and 
also  because  no  other  regiment  in  the  city  of 
New  York  had  ever  borne  that  number.  Thus 
by  general  orders  issued  by  the  Commander-in- 
chief,  Governor  John  Young,  on  the  27th  day  of 
July,  1847,  for  the  reorganization  of  the  First 
Division,  the  Twenty-seventh  Regiment  became 
the  Seventh  Regiment. 

In  compliance  with  the  new  law,  the  city  was 
divided  into  brigade  and  regimental  districts, 
and  to  the  Seventh  Regiment  was  assigned  the 
Seventh  and  Tenth  Wards.  These  were  on  Aug- 
ust 7th  divided  by  the  Regiment  into  eight  com- 
pany districts.  The  first  parade  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  was  on  September  6th  for  drill  at 
Tompkins  Square ;  its  first  annual  inspection  also 
was  there  on  Oct.  19th,  when  Governor  Young 
reviewed  it :  the  number  present  and  inspected 
was  352.     After  the  inspection  the  Regiment,  as 


IV 


LINUS   W.    STEVENS,    COLONEL    1827-28,    183O-35. 

part  of  the  Division,  participated  in  the  cere- 
monies incident  to  laying  the  corner-stone  of  a 
monument  to  the  memory  of  Washington,  at 
Hamilton  Square,  near  Sixty-ninth  St.  and  Third 
Avenue — the  monument  is  not  yet  in  existence. 

The  Regiment's  first  principal  location  in  1848 
was  its  participation  in  the  funeral  ceremonies 
of  the  deceased  ex-President  John  Quincy  Adams 
on  March  8th,  in  the  vast  procession,  civic  and 
military;  at  the  City  Hall  the  Regiment  fired 
three  volleys ;  its  Eighth  Company  was  detailed 
as  the  guard  over  the  coffin  at  night  in  the 
Governor's  room  at  the  City  Hall  and  on  the 
following  morning  escorted  the  body  to  the 
steamer,  en  route  to  its  last  resting  place  at 
Quincy,  Mass. 

The  hero  of  the  Mexican  War,  Gen.  Winfield 
Scott,  having  accepted  the  invitation  of  the  city 
of  New  York  to  be  its  honored  guest,  he  left 
his  home  in  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  on  May  25th 
and  arrived  at  the  Battery  at  11  A.  M.  The 
First  Division  paraded  and  its  most  conspicuous 
factor  was  the  Seventh  Regiment,  which  particu- 
larly attracted  the  attention  of  the  veteran  Gen- 
eral, who  remarked  that  it  was  the  finest  regi- 
ment of  soldiers  that  he  had  ever  seen.  Gen. 
Scott  had  for  many  years  been  a  warm  friend 
and  admirer  of  the  Seventh  and  on  many 
occasions  had  complimented  most  liberally  its 
drill  and  discipline.  On  July  12th  the  Regi- 
ment, as  a  part  of  the  Fourth  Brigade,  again 
paraded  as  a  participant  in  the  memorable  impos- 
ing general  funeral  ceremonies  in  honor  of  the 
dead  of  the  Mexican  War.  The  second  annual 
inspection  occurred  on  Oct.  16  at  Tompkins 
Square ;  there  were  present  328.  An  event  of 
1848  was  the  complimentary  dinner  in  Februarv 


at  the  Florence  Hotel  given  by  the  Regiment  to 
its  retired  Colonel,  Andrew  Augustus  Bremner, 
the  first  commanding  officer  of  the  7th,  whose 
instillation  into  his  command  of  a  higher  order  of 
drill  and  discipline  than  ever  had  been  locally 
known  laid  a  foundation  for  future  success  that 
inestimably  aided  his  worthy  successors  in  their 
task  of  rearing  a  superstructure  which  has  at- 
tracted the  interest  and  commanded  the  respect 
of  all  expert  students  of  the  development  of  the 
civilian  into  a  capable  soldier.  The  headquarters 
of  the  several  Companies  during  this  year  were 
at  the  Mercer  House  and  at  Lafayette  Hall. 
About  this  time  began  the  rapid  decline  of  the 
custom  of  Companies  going  into  the  country  on 
target  excursions  and  this  heralded  the  dawn  of 
a  day  not  far  in  the  future  when,  with  a  State 
range  at  Creedmoor,  the  marksmanship  of  the 
New  York  militia,  and  long  afterward  that  of 
other  states,  was  to  rise  to  a  level  with  that  of 
the  regular  military  establishments  of  this  and  the 
other  great  nations  of  the  world. 

At  an  election  held  January  29th,  1849,  ^t  the 
Mercer  House,  Lt.  Col.  Abram  Duryee  was 
chosen  Colonel ;  Major  Brinckerhoflf,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  and  Capt.  Thomas  Morton,  of  the  First 
Co.,  Major  of  the  Regiment.  In  that  month  a 
contract  was  made  with  S.  K.  Dingle  to  furnish 
music  for  the  Regiment.  Dingle  was  a- qualified 
bandmaster  who  had  served  in  the  British  Army ; 
"Dingle's  Washington  Brass  Band"  was  the 
popular  musical  organization  of  its  kind  of  its 
period  ;  his  men  were  uniformed  in  red,  used  only 
brass  instruments  and  the  cost  of  regimental 
music  for  each  parade  was  about  eighty  dollars. 
In  this  year  the  reports  of  the  discovery  of  gold 
at  Sutter's  Mill,  in  California,  started  a  gold  fever 
that  then  and  in  '49  attracted  many  enterprising 
and  adventurous  men  from  New  York,  and 
among  them  quite  a  number  of  the  Seventh's 
men ;  few  of  these  ever  returned,  or,  if  they  did, 
they  did  not  rejoin  the  Regiment.  In  regimental 
orders  dated  April  17th,  there  was  a  provision 
for  an  engineer  corps,  according  to  an  Act  of  the 
Legislature  authorizing  it  in  each  regiment;  no 
particular  interest  or  importance  was  attached  to 
this  at  the  time,  but  by  1861  the  Engineer  Corps 
of  the  Regiment  was  an  important  institution 
and  it  was  the  Tenth  Co. 

The  first  important  duty  of  the  Regiment  in 
the  preservation  of  the  public  peace,  the  true,, 
primary  function  of  the  National  Guard,  occur- 
red in  1849  in  the  historic  Astor  Place  riots, 
which  developed  from  the  bitter  rivalry  between 
Edwin  Forrest  and  the  English  tragedian  Mac- 
ready  ,who  was  advertised  to  begin  his  farewell 
engagement  on  Monday,  May  7th,  at  the  Astor 
Place  Opera-House;  the  performance  was  pre- 
vented by  a  mob  and  Macready  was  preparing  to 
leave  the  country  when  a  large  number  of  res- 
pectable  citizens,   mortified    by    the    disgraceful 


proceedings,  prevailed  upon  the  actor  to  remain 
and  complete  his  engagement  and  guaranteed 
peace  and  order.  He  therefore  was  billed  to 
appear  on  Thursday  evening,  May  lo.  During 
the  day  the  apprehensions  of  trouble  to  come 
were  so  grave  that  a  detail  of  three  hundred 
policemen  was  posted  at  Astor  Place  and  the 
Seventh  Regiment  was  ordered  under  arms  to 
be  in  readiness  for  a  requisition  for  its  services. 
The  expected  happened  and  at  nine  P.  M.  the 
Regiment  arrived  at  Astor  Place,  preceded  by 
its  troop  and  a  cavalry  Company,  to  face  a  mob 
of  twenty-thousand.  The  horsemen  proved  such 
an  excellent  mark  for  missies  that  they  or  their 
horses  were  stampeded.  The  Regiment  then  in 
column  by  Company  essayed — led  by  Col.  Dur- 
yee — to  force  the  passage  and  although  insulted 
and  assailed  with  every  conceivable  weapon 
succeeded  in  taking  up  a  position  opposite  the 
opera-house  near  Fourth  Avenue  in  Astor  Place. 
The  Regiment  charged  the  mob  and  although 
its  muskets  were  loaded  with  ball  cartridge  the 
authority  to  fire  was  so  long  delayed  by  the  civil 
authorities  that  the  endurance  of  the  self-sacrific- 
ing soldiers  probably  has  no  parallel  in  history  on 
like  occasions ;  the  order  finally  came  and  the 
troops  fired,  first  over  the  heads  of  the  mob  and 
then — the  mob  jeering  in  the  belief  that  they  had 
only  blank  ammunition — at  the  disturbers  of  the 
peace.  This  ended  the  action  and  cleared  the 
streets.  The  Astor  Place  riots  are  an  integral 
part  of  the  history  of  the  City  and  State  of  New 
York  and  of  the  history  of  the  National  Guard 
in  the  United  States  and  make  a  familiar  page  in 
all  such  history  so  that  space  need  not  here  be 
devoted  to  this  important  event  in  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  Seventh ;  it  may  be  stated  that  the 
Regiment  turned  out  at  short  notice  211  officers 
and  members  and  out  of  this  number  few  es- 
caped a  blow  of  some  kind  and  141  were  injured. 
Of  the  injured  53  were  conveyed  to  their  homes 
disabled.  Of  the  mob  30  were  killed  or  mortally 
wounded  and  between  50  and  60  were  known  to 
be  seriously  injured.  It  was  feveral  days  be- 
fore the  combined  efforts  of  the  civil  and  mili- 
tary authorities  effectually  reduced  the  turbulent 
elements  to  order,  and  for  a  long  time  afterward 
a  feeling  of  bitter  hostility  existed  toward  the  7th 
among  the  reckless  and  disorderly  elements  of 
the  New  York  populace.  Among  respectable 
citizens  the  fortitude  and  devotion  to  duty  dis- 
played by  the  Seventh  firmly  seated  it  in  public 
estimation  and  from  that  time  it  has  been  pre- 
eminently a  favorite  in  New  York  and  on  nearlv 
every  public  occasion  has  enjoyed  the  highest 
honors.  The  smouldering  resentment  of  the 
lawless  against  the  Seventh  was  expressed  on 
Sept.  loth,  1849,  when  the  Regiment  next 
paraded,  in  the  form  of  hisses,  hoots  and  volleys 
of  stones,  but  it  steadily  pursued  its  way  and  no 
real    injuries    were    sustained    by    its    members. 


LEVI    HART,   COLONEL    1828-3O. 

At  the  annual  inspection  on  Oct.  29th,  at  Tomp- 
kins Square,  334  were  present. 

On  Nov.  15th  occurred  the  public  funeral  of 
Gen.  W.  J.  Worth,  Col.  Duncan  and  Maj.  Gates. 
Companies  of  the  Regiment  had  served  in  detail 
in  preceding  ceremonies  and  on  the  15th  the 
Regiment  escorted  the  remains  of  Gen.  Worth 
to  Greenwood  and  fired  the  funeral  volleys.  Dur- 
ing this  year  there  was  instituted  the  practice  of 
two  regimental  drills  a  year  at  Tompkins  Square 
and  Col.  Duryee  inaugurated  at  Centre  Market, 
"evening  drills"  an  institution  that  is  not  un- 
known to-day  to  members  of  the  Seventh. 

During  1850  there  were  evening  battalion  drills 
at  the  Central  Drill-Rooms  and  in  May  and  June 
regimental  drills  at  Tompkins  Square  and  the 
Arsenal-yard  where  is  now  the  menagerie  at  the 
old  Arsenal  in  Central  Park.  The  spring  parade 
on  May  27th  was  in  Brooklyn,  where  it  was  re- 
viewed by  Major-General  Duryee ;  the  usual 
division  parade  was  on  July  4th,  when  the  troops 
were  reviewed  by  Governor  Fish  and  the  feu- 
de-joic  was  fired  by  the  Regiment.  An  event  of 
this  year  in  the  social  life  of  the  Regiment  was 
a  trip  to  Newport :  the  Regiment  left  the  city 
on  the  evening  of  July  8th  and  spent  the  follow- 
ing three  days  at  Newport  with  morning  drills, 
evening  dress  parades,  bathing  and  social  pleas- 
ures :  about  noon  on  July  loth  news  was  received 
of  the  death  of  General  Zachary  Taylor,  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States :  in  respect  to  his  mem- 
ory a  review  bv  General  Wood  was  postponed 
and  it  was  decided  to  go  the  next  day  to  Boston. 
The  visit  to  Boston  was  entirely  unexpected  but 
after  breakfast  at  the  United  States  Hotel  the 
Regiment  was  reviewed  by  Afajor-General  Ed- 
mands  of  the  Massachusetts  militia  on   Boston 


VI 


MORGAN    L.    SMITH,    COLONEL    1835-37. 

Common,  before  an  immense  crowd,  the  New 
England  Guard  afterward  escorting  it  on  a  street 
parade,  and  the  Regiment  enjoying  a  compli- 
mentary banquet  in  the  evening.  At  6  P.  M. 
the  Regiment  paraded  before  its  return  to  New 
York  and  in  strong  contrast  with  its  quiet  un- 
heralded arrival  it  was  escorted  by  the  entire 
uniformed  militia  of  Boston  via  Newport  where, 
escorted  by  the  Newport  Artillery,  it  marched 
through  the  city  and  was  reviewed  by  General 
Wool.  The  Regiment  reached  home  early  on 
July  13th  after  an  excursion  that  was  eminently 
satisfactory.  A  feature  of  the  Regimental  life 
at  this  time  was  the  acquisition  of  the  most  noted 
drum  major  in  the  country,  Drum-Major  Teller, 
formerly  of  the  United  States  Army,  a  stately 
man,  six  feet  six  inches  tall  and  from  the  top 
of  his  plume  to  the  ground  was  exactly  nine 
feet ;  his  graceful  manipulation  of  his  batori  made 
him  the  cynosure  of  all  eyes  wherever  the  Regi- 
ment went.  On  July  23rd  occurred  the  funeral 
ceremonies  of  Gen.  Zachary  Taylor,  in  which  the 
Regiment  took  a  leading  part.  At  annual  in- 
spection Oct.  29th,  1850,  there  were  present  428 
In  November  Maj.  Thomas  Morton,  formerly 
Captain  of  the  First  Co.,  resigned.  During  1850 
the  matter  of  a  regimental  armory  was  earnestly 
discussed,  particularly  as  the  arsenal  yard,  long 
used  for  military  drills,  now,  for  pecuniary  rea- 
sons, was  leased  by  the  city  for  commercial  pur- 
poses. In_  Jan.  1850.  Capt.  William  A.  Pond 
resigned  his  commission  and  was  succeeded  by 
Lt.  Alexander  Shaler,  whose  service  in  the  Regi- 
ment, eventually  as  its  commanding  officer,  was 
destined  to  exert  an  influence  for  its  good  of  in- 
calculable value.  The  vear  1850  marked  the 
final    disappearance   of  the   feu-'de-joie,   or   dis- 


charge of  musketry  at  the  end  of  a  parade  or  as 
a  feature  in  celebrations,  especially  on  our  holi- 
day, the  Fourth  of  July,  and  on  this  Independence 
Day,  so  far  as  the  records  show,  this  blank 
volley  firing  was  for  the  last  time  indulged  in. 
The  fiscal  afifairs  of  the  Regiment  involved  at 
this  time  the  receipt  and  expenditure  annually  of 
about  $800,  but  in  1850  these  were  unusually 
large,  amounting  to  $2,065,  including  entertain- 
ment of  the  Boston  Lancers. 

In  1851,  when  celebrating  the  anniversary  of 
Washington's  Birthday,  the  great  annual  event 
of  those  years,  the  Regiment  on  Feb.  22  for  the 
first  time  paraded  in  overcoats,  the  innovation 
attracting  unusual  attention ;  it  received  some 
unfavorable  comment  from  citizens,  but  proved 
so  comfortable  that  this  common  sense  practice 
became  thereafter  a  fixture  in  inclement  weather. 
Events  of  this  year  were  the  parade  of  the  Regi- 
ment on  May  12  at  City  Hall  Park  to  receive  a 
stand  of  colors  from  the  Boston  Lancers  audits 
participation  on  May  13  in  the  public  reception 
tendered  to  President  Millard  Fillmore,  on  which 
occasion  the  Regiment  was  the  President's  special 
consort.  The  suicide  on  Oct.  17  of  Maj.  Joseph 
A.  Divver,  Adjutant  of  the  Regiment,  while  tem- 
porarily insane  as  a  result  of  domestic  and  pe- 
cuniary difficulties,  was  the  termination  of  the 
career  of  an  officer  whose  services  had  been 
valuable  to  the  organization ;  his  daughter  Mary, 
aged  nine  years,  was  left  a  homeless  and  unpro- 
tected orphan.  A  subscription  was  raised  and 
each  officer  and  member  thereafter  annually 
for  years  contributed  one  dollar  to  the  "Divver 
Fund"  and  by  adoption  Mary  Divver  became 
the  Daughter  of  the  Regiment;  thereafter  the 
Seventh  carefullly  looked  to  her  maintenance  and 
education.  The  Regiment  was  inspected  on  Oct.  , 
21  with  a  total  of  470  present.  On  Dec.  6,  the 
Regiment  paraded  again  in  overcoats  as  a  part 
of  the  magnificently  enthusia.stic  and  ceremonial 
reception  tendered  to  Louis  Kossuth  the  Hun- 
garian patriot  who  passed  great  complimentary 
remarks  upon  the  appearance  and  tactics  of  the 
Seventh.  The  Regiment  likewise  participated  in 
the  great  Kossuth  meeting  on  Dec.  16,  at  Cas- 
tle Garden  and  in  his  address  of  impassioned 
oratory  Kossuth  appealed  particularly  to  the 
citizen-soldiery  of  the  American  Republic  and 
passed  encomiums  publicly  upon  the  Seventh 
as  a  model. 

The  year  1852  was  uneventful  in  the  history 
of  the  Regiment  there  being  little  but  perfunctory 
duties  performed  with  the  usual  parades  of  the 
vear  on  occasions  of  national  importance.  In 
Mav  Lt.-Col.  Brinckerhoff  resigned  his  command 
and  in  June  A'Taj.  Marshall  LeflFerts  succeeded 
him.  The  place  of  major  remained  vacant  until 
1856.  Ex-Capt.  William  A.  Pond  was  appointed 
Adjutant  vice  Divver  deceased  and  Aaron  Kemp 
was  promoted   to   Quartermaster  vice   John   T. 


Vll 


Allen  resigned.  This  year  the  matter  of  satis- 
factory martial  music  was  solved  by  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Seventh  Regiment  Band  of  forty- 
two  musicians  properly  uniformed  and  equipped 
by  the  Regiment  at  considerable  cost  which  led 
to  the  raising  of  the  question  of  taxation  of  the 
members  by  the  Board  of  Officers — a  question 
that  had  become  momentous  before  and  did  again 
— but  which  also  established  as  an  institution  the 
Seventh  Regiment  Band  which  has  retained  a 
wide  reputation  from  then  until  now.  On  Mon- 
day July  5,  Independence  Day  was  celebrated 
and  the  Regiment  went  for  a  week  of  camp  duty 
to  New  Haven ;  owing  to  dissensions  on  the  sub- 
ject of  this  trip  there  was  but  a  small  turn-out 
but  the  week  was  in  every  way  a  great  success 
and  heartily  enjoyed  by  those  who  went.  The 
Regiment  took  part  in  the  funeral  processions 
of  Henry  Clay  on  July  20,  and  of  Daniel  Web- 
ster on  Nov.  16.  At  the  annual  inspection  on 
Oct.  12,  there  were  present  501.  This  was  the 
first  time  in  its  history  that  the  Seventh  had  para- 
ded five  hundred  men ;  the  Fifth  Co.,  was  the 
largest. 

In  March  1853  the  Regiment  drilled  for  the 
first  time  at  the  new  City  Arsenal  at  Elm  and 
White  Sts.  The  drill-room  on  the  second  floor 
was  sufficient  to  accommodate  the  entire  com- 
mand and  for  a  time  "wing  drills"  were  dis- 
pensed with.  The  City  Arsenal  continued  to  be 
the  Regiment's  favorite  rendezvous  until  the 
completion  in  1859  of  the  New  State  Arsenal  at 
Seventh  Avenue  and  35th  St.,  and  was  the  scene 
of  many  interesting  events  in  its  history.  There 
at  the  regimental  drill  of  March  24,  Col.  Duryee 
introduced  the  "Daughter  of  the  Regiment" 
Miss  Marv  Divver,  this  being  her  first  appearance 
since  her  adoption.  She  was  dressed  in  a  modi- 
fied uniform  of  the  Regiment,  and  her  grace,  in- 
telligence and  attractiveness  took  the  Regiment 
by  storm.  After  appropriate  remarks  by  Col. 
Duryee  the  young  girl  passed  along  the  line  tak- 
ing the  hand  of  each  oflicer  and  member.  There 
were  the  usual  parades  on  holiday  occasions  in 
1853  and  on  July  14.  the  Regiment  paraded  with 
the  First  Division  for  the  reception  of  President 
Franklin  Pierce  and  at  the  same  time  the  inau- 
guration of  the  Crystal  Palace,  which  was  the 
first  symptom  of  the  popular  exhibitions  that  in 
1876  became  realized  in  a  World's  Fair  at  Phil- 
adelphia and  that  has  since  broken  out  in  every 
large  city  in  the  country.  At  inspection,  Nov. 
2,  the  Regiment  turned  out  519  men:  it  was  re- 
viewecj  by  Governor  Seymour  and  its  own  band 
of  sixty  musicians  was  the  largest  that  had  ever 
appeared  in  this  country.  An  innovation  adopted 
at  this  time  was  the  awarding  of  medals  to  offi- 
cers and  privates  who  enlisted  the  largest  num- 
ber of  men.  In  January  of  this  year  a  committee 
of  officers  of  the  Seventh  attended  a  military 
convention  at  Syracuse  and  there  was  organized 


JOHN    M.   C.VILIX,   COLONEL    1837-39. 

a  State  Military  Association,  which  has  contin- 
ued from  that  day  to  this. 

The  year  year  1854  was  merely  one  of  dull 
routine ;  a  matter  that  occupied  the  Regiment's 
attention  was  the  problem  of  how  to  acquire  its 
own  armory,  and  although  many  expedients  were 
tried  the  object  was  not  yet  to  be  attained.  At 
annual  inspection  on  Nov.  15  there  were  present 
497.  On  July  10,  the  Eighth  Co.  voted  to  employ 
and  equip  a  drummer  and  this  enterprise  and  lib- 
erality was  shortly  followed  by  the  other  compan- 
ies. In  this  year  the  old  flintlock  musket  was  at 
last  relegated  to  the  past  by  the  Seventh ;  the 
arm  substituted  was  the  United  States  musket, 
altered  from  flint  to  percussion  lock,  and  was 
much  inferior  to  the  new  and  improved  weapon 
soon  afterwards  manufactured  at  Springfield. 

The  announcement  early  in  1855  that  Tomp- 
kins Market,  erected  in  1830,  old  and  dilapidated, 
would  be  torn  down  presented  their  opportunity 
to  the  alert  officers  of  the  Seventh  and  they 
quickly  got  into  action  with  a  petition  to  the  Com- 
mon Council  that  in  its  rebuilding  the  new  struct- 
ure should  be  three  stories  in  height,  the  lower 
story  for  market  purposes  and  the  two  upper 
floors  for  the  use  of  the  Regiment.  In  March 
the  Council  passed  a  resolution  to  accept  the  plan 
proposed  by  the  Regiment,  which  was  anproved 
in  April  by  the  mavor.  After  the  usual  muni- 
cipal red  tape  the  City's  Committee  on  Repairs 
and  Supplies  in  November  opened  bids  for  its 
construction.  This  was  the  period  of  the  "Know 
Nothing"  or  Native  American  agitation  and  so 
intense  was  the  feeling  that  the  authorities  feared 
trouble  on  St.  Patrick's  Day.  Therefore  on 
March  17,  the  Regiment  was  ordered  under  arms 
but  fortunately  there  was  no  disturbance.    Apro- 


vm 


WILLIAM    JONES,    COLONEL    1839-44. 

pes  of  this  subject  General  Clark  remarks  in  his 
history  that  from  its  organization  the  Seventh 
Regiment  has  possessed  a  great  element  of 
strength  in  its  absolute  freedom  from  religious 
and  political  prejudice.  In  1855  the  Regiment 
enjoyed  a  tour  of  camp  duty  at  Kingston,  N.  Y., 
where  its  Camp  Worth  was  long  remembered  as 
the  scene  of  pleasure  and  profitable  experience. 
During  this  year  a  new  corps  of  drummers,  num- 
bering sixteen,  was  engaged.  At  the  annual  in- 
spection Oct.  18,  held  at  Hamilton  Square,  594 
were  present.  The  expense  of  the  Regiment 
this  year  amounted  to  $2,300,  nearly  double  the 
expenditure  of  1853  and   1854. 

In  1856  the  Common  Council  resolved  to  re- 
quest the  Legislature  to  authorize  the  issuing  of 
city  bonds  to  an  amount  sufficient  for  the  rebuild- 
ing of  Tompkins  Market.  A  committee  of  offi- 
cers of  the  Regiment  went  to  Albany  to  advocate 
the  passage  of  the  necessary  act  and  their  efforts 
were  successful.  Jubilantly  the  several  Companies 
set  about  raising  money  with  which  to  properly 
fit  up  and  furnish  their  rooms.  In  May  Edgar 
M.  Crawford,  a  distinguished  ex-lieutenant  of 
the  Third  Co.,  was  elected  Major,  which  place 
had  been  vacant  for  four  years.  There  were  the 
usual  parades  this  year  and  a  notable  occasion 
was  the  participation  of  the  Regiment  on  Julv 
4,  in  the  ceremonious  inauguration  of  the  Wash- 
ington equestrian  statue  in  Union  Square.  On 
Oct.  16.  the  Seventh  received  and  entertained  the 
Kingston  Gravs :  on  this  dav  also  was  the  annual 
inspection  held  this  \ear  at  Washington  Parade 
Ground  with  6;9  present.  This  was  a  record- 
breaker  and  the  Eiehth  Companv  paraded  over 
one  hundred  men.  However,  several  ex-members 
were  included  in  this  fine  turn-out  as  there  were 


no  muster-rolls  and  the  men  were  simply  counted 
and  no  questions  asked.  An  innovation  in  1856 
was  the  appointment  by  the  colonel  of  a  lance  or 
color  corporal  in  each  company,  to  constitute  a 
permanent  color  guard  at  regimental  drills  and 
parades. 

In  1857,  according  to  a  general  order  from  reg- 
imental headquarters,  dated  in  April,  all  com- 
panies were  designated  by  letter  instead  of  num- 
ber, according  to  law,  and  were  instructed  to 
thereafter  report  that  way,  the  traditional  num- 
bers have  however,  survived  and  because  of 
their  historical  values  and  sentiment  undoubted- 
ly always  will.  This  year  was  more  eventful 
than  the  two  or  three  which  preceded  it,  there 
being  a  condition  of  turbulence  caused  by  a  dis- 
organization of  the  city  police  authorities  that 
several  times  caused  the  services  of  the  Regiment 
to  be  called  for,  although  serious  consequences 
were  averted.  The  police  had  become  ineffi- 
cient it  was  claimed,  partisan  and  corrupt,  and 
the  Legislature  enacted  "The  Metropolitan  Police 
Act"  which  transferred  the  control  from  the 
Mayor  to  a  Board  of  Commissioners  appointed 
by  the  Governor.  Fernando  Wood,  then  Mayor 
of  New  York,  pronounced  this  Act  unconstitu- 
tional and  announced  that  he  would  resist  it. 
While  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  old 
police  adhered  to  the  Mayor,  the  commissioners 
proceeded  to  organize  a  new  force;  meanwhile 
collisions  were  carefully  avoided  while  the  ques- 
tion of  the  constitutionality  of  the  new  Act  was 
being  tested  in  the  Court  of  Appeals.  The  crisis 
was  precipitated  by  the  refusal  of  Mayor  Wood 
on  June  16,  to  admit  an  officer  of  the  new  force 
who  had  instructions  to  serve  him  with  a  war- 
rant issued  by  the  Recorder.  A  fierce  conflict 
resulted  between  the  "Municipal"  force  on  duty 
at  City  Hall,  and  the  "Metropolitans,"  in  which, 
after  a  bloody  contest,  the  latter  were  defeated. 
Maj.  Gen.  Sandford  was  called  upon  to  aid 
with  his  military  power  in  asserting  the  majesty 
of  the  law  and  the  preservation  of  the  peace.  The 
"Municipals"  were  rallied  at  the  City  Hall  where 
the  Mayor  was  in  state  of  siege  and  the  situa- 
tion attracted  the  disorderly  elements  of  the 
city.  The  regiment  was  ordered  out  and  was 
soon  at  City  Hall  where  it  cleared  a  space  and 
awaited  orders.  The  soldiers  were  abused  but 
perhaps  the  lesson  taught  the  mob  at  Astor 
Place  was  effectively  remembered ;  finallv  Gen. 
Sandford  appeared  accompanied  by  the  Sheriff 
and  the  Coroner  for  a  final  remonstrance  with 
Mayor  Wood,  who  yielded  eventuallv  to  an  ap- 
peal to  spare  bloodshed  that  soon  must  inevitably 
result.  That  evening  the  Regiment,  relieved 
from  duty,  proceeded  on  a  trip  already  planned 
to  Boston  to  participate  in  the  inaugural  cere- 
monies of  the  Warren  Monument  on  Bunker 
Hill ;  the  trip  was  delightful  but  interrupted  by 
a   dispatch    telling   of   trouble   again    threatened 


IX 


in  New  York  and  asking  the  Regiment  to  re- 
turn, which  it  did  on  the  evening  of  June  i8. 
On  July  4,  there  took  place  a  fierce  combat  be- 
tween two  desperate  Bowery  factions  termed 
"Dead  Rabbits"  and  "Bowery  Boys,"  in  the 
absence  of  the  usual  police  restraint.  On  Sunday 
July  5,  the  combat  was  renewed  desperately  at 
the  "Five  Points."  The  riot  exceeded  the  pow- 
ers of  the  police,  and  again  the  Regiment  was 
called  out,  but  its  moral  effect  ended  the  riot 
without  the  firing  of  a  shot.  On  July  13, — in 
this  year  of  riots — the  Seventh  was  again  re- 
quired to  suppress  a  riot  at  "Mackerelville"  in 
the  Seventeenth  Ward,  and  again  on  the  follow- 
ing day.  These  disturbances  grew  out  of  the 
police  imbroglio  but  the  Court  of  Appeals  hav- 
ing soon  after  decided  in  favor  of  the  Metro- 
politan Police  Act,  quiet  gradually  was  restored, 
and  from  1857  to  1863  military  assistance  was 
not  required  in  preserving  the  peace  in  New 
York.  At  inspection  on  Oct.  19,  there  were 
present  850.  On  Nov.  24,  the  Regiment  took 
part  in  the  procession  which  followed  the  re- 
mains of  Maj.  Gen.  Worth,  taken  from  Govern- 
or's Island  to  their  final  resting  place  at  the 
Worth  Monument  at  Fifth  Avenue  and  Twenty- 
fifth  St.  The  weather  was  bitterly  cold  and  none 
who  marched  forgot  the  suffering  due  to  their 
long  exposure. 

From  1858  to  i860  inclusive  the  Regiment's 
history  is  chiefly  that  of  self-development  and 
unconscious  preparation  for  usefulness  not  only 
in  aiding,  as  ordered,  as  an  organization  in  the 
abolition  of  slavery  and  the  preservation  of  the 
Union  but  in  furnishing  many  brave  individual 
soldiers  and  so  large  a  number  of  officers,  some 
of  whom  attained  high  rank  and  great  distinc- 
tion. No  better  evidence  could  be  adduced  to 
show  that  the  Seventh  is  a  military  academy 
unequalled  by  any  but  that  of  the  Government's 
own  institution  at  West  Point,  with  which,  both 
its  superintendents,  officers  and  cadets,  the  Sev- 
enth always  has  been  on  peculiarly  friendly 
terms.  In  1858  the  Regiment  first  began  to  drill 
under  "Hardee's  Tactics."  In  March  Lt.-Gen. 
Hardee,  then  Commandant  of  Cadets  at  West 
Point,  visited  New  York  to  witness  a  battalion 
drill  of  the  Seventh  and  was  delighted  with  its 
performance  in  the  new  tactics.  In  this  year 
occurred  an  event  that  did  more  than  anything 
up  to  that  date  to  popularize  the  Seventh  away 
from  its  home  city  and  to  nationalize  its  reputa- 
tion— the  trip  to  Richmond.  In  the  year  183 1 
the  Regiment  (then  the  Twentv-seventh)  had 
escorted  the  remains  of  President  ?iIonroe  from 
the  City  Hall  to  the  Second  St.,  cemetery,  where 
they  were  undisturbed  until  July  2,  1858.  In 
April  1858,  the  General  Assembly  of  Virginia 
resolved  to  remove  the  remains  to  Richmond, 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  co-operate  with 
the  authorities  of  New  York   for  that  purpose. 


WASHINtrrON  R.  \ERM1LYI-:,  COLONEL  1844-45. 

On  June  26,  the  Common  Council  selected  the 
Regiment  as  the  escort  "provided  it  bear  its  own 
expenses."  The  steamer  Ericsson  was  chartered 
for  the  purpose  and  on  July  3  the  Regiment 
departed  for  Richmond.  This  memorable  trip 
which  ended  at  2  a.  m.,  on  Sunday,  July  11,  when 
the  Regiment  returned  to  the  city,  was  a  contin- 
uous ovation  ;  it  included  a  visit  to  Mount  Vernon 
and  Washington,  and  its  details  occupy,  though 
concisely  related,  nine  pages  of  Gen.  Clark's 
history  of  the  Regiment.  At  inspection  on  Oct. 
18,  1858.  there  were  856  present.  In  November 
the  Regiment  received  a  new  stand  of  arms ; 
Springfield   rifle-muskets,   58  calibre. 

The  event  of  1859  was  the  resignation,  in  spite 
of  the  insistent  pleading  of  officers  and  members 
of  the  Regiment,  of  Col.  Abram  Duryee  who 
had  served  as  a  Guardsman  since  his  enlistment 
in  1833  as  a  private  in  the  142nd  Regiment,  and 
who  had  a  glorious  military  record.  His  career 
did  not  end  here  however,  for  he  was  one  of  the 
first  volunteers  in  1861  and  on  May  9,  of  that 
vear  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  the  Fifth 
Regt.  New  Yok  Volunteers,  which  as  "Duryee's 
Zouaves'  became  famous  and  historic  for  both 
picturesqueness  and  courage  under  every  trial. 
On  August  9.  i8.c;9  Lt.-Col.  ^Marshall  Lefferts 
was  elected  Colonel  of  the  Regiment.  Mai.  Ed- 
gar M.  Crawford  was  elected  Lt.-Col.,  and  Adj. 
William  A.  Pond  was  elected  Major.  During 
August  of  this  year  the  Regiment  entertained  the 
Richmond  Gravs  and  the  Baltimore  City  Guard. 
At  the  annual  inspection.  Oct.  20.  there  were  910 
present.  The  Regiment's  expenses  for  1859  at- 
tained the  unprecedented  sum  of  $5,000. 

The  year  i860  was  ushered  in  bv  a  concert  iri 
February  at  the  Citv  Arsenal  by  the  reorganized 


^^6?^<PimsM 


ANUKEW    A.    BKEMNEK,  COLONEL    1845-49. 

Seventh  Regiment  Band  under  the  leadership  of 
.Bandmaster  C.  S.  GrafuUa  with  38  musicians. 
On  February  21,  the  Regiment  went  to  Wash- 
ington to  parade  in  the  procession  incident  to 
the  inauguration  of  the  Washington  monument; 
the  Washington  Committee  enticed  them  with  a 
promise  of  "princely  quarters"  which  in  the  fact 
proved  to  be  a  sorry  joke;  the  trip  was  cold, 
rainy,  muddy  and  one  of  the  most  unsatisfactory 
in  the  history  of  the  Regiment,  but  the  members 
got  all  out  of  it  that  humor  and  philosophy  could 
enable  them  to  do.  Events  01  i860  were  the 
reception  to  the  Japanese  Embassy  and  the  visit 
to  New  York  of  the  Chicago  Zouaves  organizeu 
and  drilled  by  Col.  Ellsworth,  subsequently  Col- 
onel of  the  famous  New  York  Fire  Zouaves  or 
"Ellsworth  Zouaves"  and  the  encampment  at 
Camp  Scott  at  New  Dorp,  Staten  Island,  a  cam^ 
which  proved  both  a  success  and  a  tailure.  On 
Sept.  5,  the  Regiment  was  presented  by  the  City 
of  Washington  with  a  standard  of  colors,  the 
most  beautiful  it  ever  possessed :  the  American 
flag  was  afterwards  carried  by  the  Regiment  in 
the  Civil  War.  On  the  same  day  the  Regiment 
marched  to  its  new  armory,  the  Tompkins  Mar- 
ket Armory  at  Third  Avenue,  Sixth  and  Seventh 
Sts..where  formal  possession  of  the  building  was 
given  by  Mayor  Wood,  in  behalf  of  the  City. 
In  the  reception  on  Oct.  11,  to  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  now  King  Edward  VTI.  of  England,  the 
Regiment  was  particularly  fortunate  in  its  ap- 
pearance. At  inspection  this  year  there  were 
present  901. 

In  Nov.  i860,  Lt.-Col.  Crawford  resigned, 
and  in  December  Maj.  Pond  was  elected  to  suc- 
ceed him  and  Capt.  Alexander  Shaler  of  the  Sec- 
ond Co.,  was  elected  Major,  his  successor  in  com- 


mand of  the  Second  Co.,  was  ist  Lt.  Emmons 
Clark.  The  new  armory  was  formally  opened 
on  December  28,  with  appropriate  exercises. 

In  the  year  1861  all  purely  regimental  matters 
were  overshadowed  by  the  war  cloud  that  had 
been  darkening  over  the  land  since  the  election 
of  Abraham  Lincoln  to  the  presidency  of  the 
United  States  in  Nov.  i860.  As  early  as  Jan. 
1 86 1,  General  Scott  at  Washington  was  notified 
by  the  Regiment  that  the  Regiment  desired  to 
perform  any  duty  that  the  Governor  of  the  State 
might  perscribe.  On  April  12,  the  fall  of  Fort 
Sumter  inaugurated  the  Civil  War,  and  on 
April  15,  when  the  proclamation  of  President 
Lincoln  was  published  calling  for  seventy-five 
thousand  troops  to  retake  and  hold  the  forts  in 
South  Carolina,  and  to  protect  the  property  of 
the  Government,  Col.  Lefferts  immediately  com- 
municated to  Gov.  Morgan  the  patriotic  action  of 
the  Regiment's  Board  of  Officers,  tendering  its 
services.  It  was  on  the  19th  of  April  1861,  an- 
niversary of  the  Battle  of  Lexington,  that  the 
memorable  departure  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
for  Washington  occurred,  the  details  of  the 
event  being  a  familiar  part  of  the  history  of  New 
York  and  the  Nation.  The  Regiment  formed 
in  Lafayette  Place  at  4  p.  m.,  and  the  ovation  on 
its  march  down  Broadway  was  an  exhibition  of 
patriotic  fervor  and  popular  favor  that  has  never 
been  beheld  in  New  York  before  or  since.  The 
Regiment  numbered  at  its  departure,  including  re- 
cruits, 991  men.  At  Philadelphia  on  April  20, 
after  a  long  conference  of  all  the  authorities  and 
transportation  officials  with  the  condition  of 
affairs  at  Baltimore  and  the  attack  there  upon  the 
Sixth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  militia  fully 
considered,  as  also  the  fact  that  the  railway 
bridges  between  Havre  de  Grace  and  Baltimore 
had  been  burned  by  a  mob,  it  was  finally  decided 
to  be  the  wisest  policy  to  transport  the  Regiment 
from  Philadelphia  by  steamer  to  Fortress  Mon- 
roe, and  thence  to  Washington,  either  by  the 
Potomac  River  or  Annapolis  as  might  be  most 
expedient.  The  steamer  Boston  was  therefore 
chartered  for  the  voyage.  Because  of  uncertainty 
as  to  whether  friend  or  foe  held  Fortress  Monroe, 
the  Annapolis  route  was  decided  upon  and  the 
Boston  reached  Annapolis  early  on  Monday 
April  22. 

At  Annapolis  the  Seventh  encountered  the 
Eighth  Massachusetts  Regiment  of  militia  under 
the  command  of  Gen.  Benjamin  F.  Butler  which 
had  reached  Havre  de  Grace  and  there  secured 
the  railroad  ferryboat  Maryland.  Previously  at 
Philadelphia,  the  Regiment  had  met  Gen.  Butler 
and  the  Massachusetts  men  and  Gen.  Butler  had 
endeavored  to  induce  the  Seventh's  officers  to 
join  the  Bay  State  soldiers  in  routing  both  com- 
mands via  Havre  de  Grace.  Gen.  Butler  at 
Annapolis  essayed  to  take  command  of  the  Sev- 
enth and  issued  an  abundant  effusion  of  orders 


XI 


which  were  of  course  unnoticed  by  the  officers  of 
the  Seventh ;  however,  the  two  militia  regiments, 
representing  New  York  and  Massachusetts,  har- 
moniously and  in  co-operation  made  their  peril- 
ous march  to  Washington,  where  the  President 
and  Gen.  Scott  anxiously  awaited  their  coming. 
The  details  given  of  this  march  in  Gen.  Clark's 
history  and  in  many  other  accounts  by  partici- 
pants prove  that  this  adventure  into  the  arena  of 
the  Civil  War  was  no  picnic  and  that  the  ser- 
vice rendered  by  the  Regiment  was  both  arduous 
and  valuable.  Every  member  and  friend  of  the 
Seventh  who  has  not  done  so  should  read  at  least 
that  part  of  Gen.  Clark's  history  which  de- 
scribes this  important  chapter  in  the  life  of  the 
Regiment  in  which  it  so  promptly  and  devotedly 
rendered  service  to  the  nation — as  it  always  has 
to  its  city  and  state.  At  noon  on  April  25th  the 
Regiment,  wearied  and  worn  with  toil  and  hard- 
ships and  after  a  constant  expectation  of  attack, 
reached  the  city  of  Washington. 

For  nearly  a  week  Washington  had  been  be- 
leagured  by  an  enemy  whose  territory  extended 
almost  to  the  gates  of  the  capitol.    It  was  known 
that  the  Seventh  Regiment  was  hastening  to  its 
relief   and    President   Lincoln,   his   cabinet,    the 
statesmen   and   the   few    soldiers   already    there 
anxiously  awaited  our  Regiment's  arrival.     So 
great  was  the  danger  and  so  small  the  military 
force  at  the  disposal  of  Gen.  Scott  that  men  of 
the  highest  civil  positions  and  many  of  advanced 
age  were  patrolling  the  streets  and  guarding  the 
Executive    Mansion,    the    National    departments 
and  the  navy  yard.     Upon   the  arrival  of  the 
Seventh  Pesident  Lincoln  immediately  sent  for 
Col.  Lefferts  and  highly  complimented  him  upon 
his  successful  march  to  the  rescue  of  the  nation's 
capital ;    this    was    reinforced    with    thanks    and 
compliments  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Hon. 
Simon    Cameron,    Gen.    Scott    and    Adjt.    Gen. 
Thomas.     The  Regiment  marched  up  Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue   and   was   received   at  all   points 
with  great  enthusiasm.    After  being  reviewed  by 
the    President   at   the    Executive    Mansion,    the 
Companies  marched  to  temporary  headquarters 
assigned    them    at   Willard's    and    other    hotels ; 
■    later  the  new  Hall  of  Representatives  was  assign- 
ed as  quarters  to  the  Regiment  and  this  it  that 
evening  occupied.     On  April  26  the  Regiment 
was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  for 
thirty  days  and  the  oath   administered   to  each 
officer  and  man.     On  April   27th  the  Regiment 
was    reinforced    by    a    detachment    under    Capt. 
Egbert  Viele,  consisting  of  members  who  through 
sickness  and  other  causes  had  not  marched  with 
the  Regiment,  and  also  recruits  for  the  several 
Companies.     This  reinforcement  arrived  on  the 
steamer  Daylight,  which  was  then  chartered  as 
a  supply  boat  for  the  Regiment.    On  May  i  the 
Regiment  shifted  to  Camp  Cameron,  Meridian 
Hiil,  two  miles  north  of  the  capitol,  which  site 


ABR.AM   UURYEE,   COLONEL    1849-59. 

commanded  a  sweeping  view  of  Virginia  beyond 
the  Potomac  River.  It  is  an  interesting  fact  that 
the  Regiment  was  the  first  Northern  Regiment 
to  pitch  its  tents  in  front  of  the  enemy  and  in 
sight  of  their  pickets.  That  night  a  cold  north- 
east rain  storm  set  in,  and  continuing  until  Sun- 
day, May  5th.  caused  much  suffering  to  the 
soldiers  from  the  exposure.  Then  the  weather 
cleared  and  from  that  time  life  at  Camp  Cameron 
was  a  season  of  pleasures  and  honors,  these  in- 
cluding reviews  by  President  Lincoln  and  mili- 
tary officers  of  high  rank.  The  Regiment's  offi- 
cers and  men  however  were  chafing  at  the  inac- 
tion after  their  arduous  duty  so  well  prformed 
in  reaching  Washington  from  Annapolis  and 
keenly  desired  to  be  doing  more  strenuous  duty 
than  the  important  one  of  a  reserve  guarding  the 
capital  city.  Orders  to  march  at  2  A.  M.  on 
May  24  to  and  across  the  Long  Bridge  over  the 
Potomac  and  on  to  the  enemy's  soil  were  more 
than  welcome  and  with  the  enemy's  pickets 
watching  their  movements,  the  Seventh  crossed 
and,  as  ordered,  bivouacked  half  a  mile  beyond 
the  river.  Soon  after  the  sleeping  soldiers  were 
aroused  by  a  horseman  dashing  by  who  shouted, 
"Alexandria  is  taken  and  Ellsworth  is  killed." 
Col.  Ellsworth  was  well-known  to  the  Seventh 
and  the  shock  that  was  soon  to  pervade  the 
North  was  first  experienced  by  our  men  in  the 
field.  Other  Northern  troops  also  had  crossed 
the  Potomac  on  two  other  bridges ;  under  further 
orders  the  Regiment,  detailed  as  a  reserve  force, 
bivouacked  the  night  of  May  24  at  Columbia 
Spring  on  the  beautiful  Arlington  estate.  On 
Mav  25  Capt.  Viele.  with  a  detail  of  axemen, 
laid  out  a  plan  for  a  fortification  which  afterward 
was  developed  into  Fort  Runyon.     On  Sunday 


orders  from  Washington  recalled  the  Seventh  to 
the  inner  defense  of  the  city  and  accordingly  it 
returned  to  Camp  Cameron.  The  Regiment's 
term  of  service  had  expired  on  May  26  and  on 
May  30  orders  from  Gen.  Scott  relieved  it  from 
further  duty.  On  May  31  the  Seventh  left  Wash- 
ington and  on  June  i  arrived  in  New  York. 
The  Regiment  encountered  another  ovation  on 
its  return  that  is  a  memorable  event  in  the  city's 
annals.  On  June  3  it  was  mustered  out  of  the 
United  States  service,  having  served  for  forty- 
six  days.  The  total  muster-in  at  Washington 
was  1,234.  No  sooner  had  the  Regiment  left  the 
service  than  its  officers  and  men  began  to  go  to 
the  front  as  volunteers  in  various  commands ;  the 
expertness  conferred  upon  them  by  their  alma 
mater — the  Seventh  Regiment — resulting  in  in- 
suring many  of  them  commissions  at  the  start. 
Upon  the  arrival  of  news  of  the  defeat  of  the 
Union  Army  at  Bull  Run,  Col.  Lefferts  im- 
mediately telegraphed  the  Secretary  of  War  again 
offering  the  Regiment's  services  in  defense  of 
the  capital ;  the  thronging  to  Washington  of  men 
enlisted  for  three  years  made  it  unnecessary  for 
the  Regiment  to  go  and  the  offer  was  gratefully 
declined.  Throughout  the  War  the  Regiment's 
commander  and  other  officers  strove  to  main- 
tain its  efficiency  at  the  highest  possible  mark 
and  to  keep  it  readv  at  all  times  to  go  to  the 
front  should  any  emergency  that  required  it 
-occur;  this  was  no  easy  task  because  so  many 
-of  its  officers  and  members  had  already  gone  and 
Taecause  by  comparison  with  the  volunteer  and 
regular  troops  all  militia  were  then  less  favorably 
•considered  than  in  time  of  peace.  Lt.  Col.  Wm. 
A.  Pond  had  been  unable  to  go  to  Washington 
with  the  Regt.  because  of  his  ill  health  and  in 
August  he  resigned  his  commission  as  Lt.  Col. 
Major  Alexander  Shaler  also  resigned  to  accept 
a  commission  as  Lt.-Col.  of  the  Sixty-fifth 
Regiment  of  New  York  Volunteers.  These 
vacancies  were  filled  by  the  election  in 
September  of  Capt.  James  Price,  of  the  Third 
Co.,  as  Lt.-Col.,  and  in  December  of  Captain 
Benjamin  M.  Nevers  of  the  Sixth  Co.  as  Major. 
The  Regiment's  expenses  during  1861,  including 
the  Washington  campaign,  was  $31,374.41,  which 
showed  a  deficit  of  over  $2000.  At  the  annual 
inspection,  Oct.  17.  at  Washington  Parade 
"Ground,  873  were  present. 

The  resignation  in  March.  1862  of  Paymr. 
Aaron  Kemp  was  a  loss  to  the  Regiment;  he 
was  an  admirable  business  man  and  his  service 
•as  a  staff  officer  was.  long  and  brilliant. 

In  February  a  great  battle  seemed  imminent  on 
the  line  of  the  Potomac  and  Col.  Lefferts  ten- 
dered to  the  War  Department  and  to  Gen.  Mc- 
'Clellan,  Commander  of  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac, the  services  of  the  Regiment.  The  res- 
ponse was  that  the  Regiment  would  probably  be 
needed  and  everything  was  prepared,  but  th'e 
abandonment  by  the  Confederates  of  the  Potomac 


deferred  for  a  time  the  expected  call  upon  the 
Seventh.  By  May  24th  when  it  became  known 
that  a  part  of  the  Confederate  army  had  given 
McClellan  the  slip,  stolen  away  from  his  front 
and  overpowered  the  Union  forces  in  the  Shenan- 
doah Valley,  threatening  the  North  with  in- 
vasion and  the  capital  with  destruction,  the  loyal 
people  of  the  North  were  greatly  excited  and  the 
War  Department  alarmed ;  Secretary  of  War 
Stanton  telegraphed  Governor  Morgan  at  Al- 
bany, "Please  organize  one  regiment  as  speedily 
as  possible.  The  Seventh,  New  York,  should 
also  be  in  readiness  to  move  if  called  for."  As  a 
result  of  this  and  a  hasty  call  to  arms  the  Regi- 
ment on  the  morning  of  May  26  was  again  march- 
ing to  the  seat  of  war  and  beginning  its  second 
campaign,  speeded  and  inspirited  by  an  ovation 
from  the  citizens  of  New  York  that  was  scarcely 
second  to  that  characterizing  its  first  departure 
on  April  19,,  1861.  The  Regiment  arrived  that 
evening  at  Baltimore  when,  as  about  to  enter 
the  cars  for  Washington,  an  order  was  received 
from  General  John  A.  Dix,  commanding  the 
Middle  Department  at  Baltimore,  delaying  it; 
the  Regiment  was  disappointed,  hoping  for  im- 
mediate action  at  the  front,  but  controlled  itself 
with  the  surmise  that  it  was  intended  for  Har- 
per's Ferry.  Events  proved  however  that  it 
was  doomed  to  remain  at  Baltimore,  but  there  it 
rendered  continuously  services  of  great  value,  in- 
cluding numerous  detached  duties  for  the  var- 
ious Companies  and  including  the  garrisoning 
of  Fort  Federal  Hill,  where  the  Seventh's  mem- 
bers became  proficient  in  heavy  artillery  work, 
until  August  28,  reaching  home  on  the  following 
day  and  here  meeting  with  a  most  cordial  recep- 
tion. On  the  5th  of  September  the  Regiment 
was  mustered  out.  There  were  765  mustered  and 
present  at  Fort  Federal  Hill.  So  interesting  is 
the  reading  of  the  account  in  Gen.  Clark's  history 
of  the  services,  experiences  and  diversions  of  the 
Seventh  during  its  second  campaign  that  it  is 
hard  to  resist  the  adventure  into  details  that  the 
limited  space  here  of  course  precludes. 

On  Sept.  12  the  Regiment  was  again  under 
arms  for  a  week  on  duty  at  East  New  York  for 
the  rather  curious  purpose  of  quelling  a  species 
of  mutiny  and  preserving  order  in  the  Spinola 
Brigade  at  East  New  York.  At  the  annual  in- 
spection, Oct.  29,  at  Washington  Square  there 
were  present,  907;  present  and  absent,  1,115. 
The  fiscal  statement  of  the  Regiment  at  the  close 
of  1862  exhibited  total  receipts  amounting  to 
$23,064.33,  with  a  balance  in  the  treasury. 

In  1863  was  adopted  the  new  code  of  by-laws 
which  was  so  good  that  it  exists  not  materially 
changed  to-day.  Under  the  new  by-laws  Capt. 
Emmons  Clark,  of  the  Second  Co.,  was  elected 
the  first  Treasurer  of  the  Regiment.  On  March 
9,  Col.  Lefferts  resigned  his  commission ;  it  was 
not  accepted  and  he  afterward  rendered  for  a 
considerable  period  a  continuation  of  his  valuable 


xim 


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Mto.  ^otd,  S^u/y^^^,  //^/ 


General  Ordev 

No.  6. 

In  oomplUnoe  with  orders  from-His  Excellency,  the  Governor,  and  Division  Orders  of  this  date,  this 
Regiment  will  assemble  at  Head  Quarters  on  Friday,  19th  instant,  at  3  o'clock,  p.  m.,  in  full  fatigue'  and 
overcoat,  with  knapsaclt,  to  embark  for  Washington  City. 

The  ffl«n  will  will  each  take  1  Blanket,  to  be  n-llcd  on  top  of  knapsack;  suitable  under  clothing,  an 
extra  pair  of  boots,  (shoes  are  better,)  knife,  fork,  spoon,  tin  cup  and  plate,  body  belt,  cap  pouch  will'  be 
carried  in  the  knapsack.     The  men  will  provide  themselves  with  one  dav's  rations. 

There  will  be  allowed  three  servants  to  each  Company,  who  must  report  to  the  Quarbar-master  at  12^ 
M.,  and  receive  their  "  pass."  Each  officer  will  be  allowed  one  small  trunk,  which  must  be  distinctly  marked 
and  left  at  the  Armory  before  12  m.,  19th  instant. 

All  uniformed  men,  whether  recruits  or  not,  will  report  for  duty  *  Recruits  who  have  jusf  joined, 
will  »lso  report,  and  will  be  assigned  a  post  in  column. 

Commissary  Pattkk  will  receive  instructions  from  the  Colonel,  and  leave  for  Washington  this  p.  m, 
APPOINTMENTS- 

J.  C.  Dalton,  Jr.,  M.  D.,  Surgeon's  Mate,  vice  Cameron,  resigned. 


By  order  of 


Colonel  ICARSHAIJ,  HEFFERTS^ 
J.  H.  LIEBErVAV, 


.services  to  the  Regiment.  The  war  had  now 
dragged  along  two  years ;  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac had  met  with  retreats  and  defeats  but  was 
never  disgraced  and  fought  patiently  on  until 
Gen.  Lee,  impelled  by  Southern  impatience,  pre- 
pared to  invade  the  North  and  the  Confederate 
movement  began  that  culminated  in  the  titanic 
Battle  of  Gettysburg.  Pennsylvania  had  no 
militia  for  the  organized  defense  of  its  capital, 
Harrisburg,  and  the  President  called  upon 
Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  West  Virginia  and  Ohio 
to  furnish  one  hundred  thousand  militia,  forth- 
with ;  Secretary  Stanton  privately  appealed  on 
June  15  to  Governor  Seymour  of  New  York.  At 
8  o'clock  A.  M.,  on  June  17  and  in  a  heavy  rain 
the  Seventh  Regiment,  as  a  result  of  the  appeal 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  left  New  York  for  its 
third  campaign.  By  what  seems  a  strange  fate 
Col.  Lefferts  was  ordered  by  Gen.  Halleck  to 
report  to  Gen.  Schenck  at  Baltimore,  that  city 
being  menaced  by  the  Confederates,  and  its  suc- 
cessful defense  being  more  important  than  that 


ADJUTANT. 

of  Harrisburg.  On  the  afternoon  of  June  19  the- 
7th  found  itself  once  more  at  its  old  familiar 
quarters  at  Fort  Federal  Hill.  The  feeling  of  dis- 
appointment among  the  members  of  the  Regi- 
ment at  again  being  side-tracked  from  a  destiny 
of  active  service  in  the  fore-front  in  the  field 
amounted  to  positive  disgust — but  they  obeyed 
orders.  Here  again  the  Regiment  performed 
valuable  services,  not  only  as  a  heavy  artillery 
garrison  at  Fort  Federal  Hill  but  in  outpost  duty 
in  the  environs  of  Baltimore,  in  escorting  and 
guarding  prisoners  of  war  and  in  innumerable 
ways.  On  the  morning  of  July  6  the  Regiment 
left  Baltimore  for  Fredericks,  Md.,  where  the 
soldiers'  experience  in  rainy  weather  and  en- 
campment on  a  sodden  field  led  them  to  name  this 
temporary  abiding  place  "Camp  Misery."  They 
had  no  tents  and  the  shelter  of  some  ot  the  for- 
tunate ones  consisted  of  leaky  hovels  made  of 
rails  and  filthy  straw.  By  command  of  Maj.- 
Gen.  Meade  the  Regiment  subsequently  was 
transferred  to  the  Third  Division  of  the  Third'. 


Army  Corps,  the  latter  commanded  by  Maj.-Gen. 
French,  and  joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  in 
its  march  to  intercept  Gen.  Lee.  But  almost  im- 
mediately it  was  detached  and  assigned  to  guard 
Fredericks.  While  here  the  Seventh  practically 
reviewed  the  entire  Grand  Army  of  the  Potomac 
hastening  by,  flushed  with  the  great  victory  at 
Gettysburg,  to  intercept  Lee's  retreating  army 
and  jubilant  in  believing  that  they  were  about  to 
deal  a  death-blow  to  the  rebellion.  Many  former 
officers  and  members  of  the  Seventh  were  in 
this  great  army  and  halted  to  greet  their  former 
comrades  and  ask  questions  about  home  while 
all  the  general  officers  seemed  to  know  the  Sev- 
enth, or  about  it,  and  paused  to  greet  and  observe 
it.  The  noise  of  the  fighting  at  Hagerstown  at 
this  time  was  more  than  audible.  On  July  14 
came  the  news  that  the  enemy  had  escaped 
across  the  Potomac  and  coupled  with  it  the  bad 
news  of  the  draft  riots  at  home ;  the  same  day 
General  Halleck  ordered  the  Seventh  to  New 
York,  to  report  there  to  Maj.-Gen.  Wool.  There 
were  no  regrets  at  leaving  "Camp  Misery."  The 
Regiment  reached  Amboy,  N.  J.,  at  i  A.  M., 
July  16  and  Col.  Lefferts  received  a  telegram 
from  Governor  Seymour  advising  him  that  it 
would  be  best  for  the  Regiment  to  land  at  Canal 
Street  or  some  point  further  down.  The  Regi- 
ment landed  with  loaded  muskets  and  full  cart- 
ridge boxes  and  as  it  passed  up  Broadway  there 
were  ample  evidences  of  the  reign  of  terror  that 
had  existed,  caused  by  the  memorable  draft  riots 
of  1863.  The  Regiment's  third  campaign  ter- 
minated when  it  was  mustered  out  July  21.  Its 
total  when  mustered  in  was  651. 

The  draft  riots  were  at  their  worst  Monday 
to  Wednesday,  July  13  to  15,  inclusive.  The 
zone  of  trouble  on  July  16  was  east  of  Third 
Avenue  between  Seventh  and  Sixty-fifth  Sts. 
and  there  the  Regiment,  especially  the  Second 
and  Third  Companies,  successfully  encountered 
and  defeated  the  rioters.  The  Regiment  was 
finally  relieved  from  duty  on  July  25.  On 
October  i  the  Regiment  paraded  in  the  reception 
to  Admiral  Lesoffsky  and  the  Russian  fleet.  At 
inspection,  October  12  there  were  present  908; 
present  and  absent  1,082.  On  October  13  Mary 
Divver,  "Daughter  of  the  Regiment,"  was  mar- 
ried and  many  of  the  officers  and  members  at- 
tended her  wedding;  the  Regiment's  surrender 
of  its  guardianship  was  accompanied  by  a  wed- 
ding present  of  $2,000  in  U.  S.  Bonds.  The 
matrimonial  venture  of  Miss  Divver  was  fortun- 
ate and  as  Mrs.  Cowdrey  she  proved  an  exem- 
plary wife  and  mother  and  a  credit  to  the  7th. 
Among  the  many  former  members  and  officers 
of  the  Seventh  who  met  death  on  the  battlefield 
was  Col.  Robert  G.  Shaw,  of  Co.  F,  killed  July 
18  while  leading  at  the  head  of  his  Regiment, 
the  Fifty-fourth  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  (the 
first  colored  regiment  ever  recruited  under  state 
authority) ,  the  storming  column  at  Fort  Wagner. 


Roll  of  the  7th  Regt.  men  holding  commiss- 
ions in  other  organizations,  killed  in  battle; 

Col.  Shaw,  Co.  F,  Fort  Wagner. 

Col.  Farnham,  Co.  B,  Bull  Run. 

Lt.-Col.  Hart,  Co.  C,  Cedar  Creek. 

Maj.  Winthrop,  Co.  I,  Great  Bethel. 

Col.  Mallon,  Co.  D,  Bristow  Station. 

Adjt.  Parmelee,  Co.  H,  Antietam. 

Col.  Chapman,  Co.  D,  Wilderness. 

Capt.  Russell,  Co.  A,  Fair  Oaks. 

Col.  Prentiss,  Co.  K,  Petersburg. 

Col.  Stevens,  Co.  G,  Gettysburg. 

Col.  Kinsland,  Co.  E,  Andersonville. 

Sgt.  Drayson,  Co.  I,  Cold  Harbor. 

Lt.  Portley,  Co.  H,  Red  River. 

Capt.  Cowdren,  Co.  F,  Five  Forks. 

Capt.  Mulligan,  Co.  C,  Rapidam. 

Capt.  Alden,  Co.  B,  Ball's  Bluff. 

Capt.  Radcliffe,  Co.  C,  Murfreesboro. 

Capt.  Plume,  Co.  K,  Manassas. 

Capt.  Wheeler,  Co.  I,  Gulps  Farm. 

Capt.  O'Brien,  Co.  G,  Blooming  Gap. 

Lt.  Van  Duser,  Co.  F,  Gaines  Mills. 

Capt.  Biddle,  Co.  E,  Shenandoah  Valley. 

Capt.  Le  Fort,  Co.  A,  Wilderness. 

Capt.  Seabury,  Co.  K,  Spottsylvania. 

On  August  I  Col.  Lefferts  again  resigned  his 
commission,  which  again  was  declined;  he  was 
granted  leave  of  absence  for  two  months  and 
again  resumed  his  command.  In  November  a 
hostile  invasion  of  the  Northern  frontier  of  New 
York  was  threatened  by  secession  sympathizers 
from  Canada  and  Col.  Lefferts  promptly  ten- 
dered to  General  Dix  the  services  of  the  Regi- 
ment ;  this  emergency  passed  without  the  neces- 
sity for  a  new  campaign  for  the  Regiment  during 

^863- 

An  important  work  for  civilians  in  the  North 
was  providing  for  the  sanitation  of  the  Federal 
Army  crystallized  in  the  United  States  Sanitary 
Commission,  and  among  its  popular  methods  for 
raising  funds  were  great  fairs,  in  New  York  by 
the  Great  Metropolitan  Sanitary  Fair,  opened 
April  4th,  the  opening  accompanied  by  a  parade 
of  the  First  Division.  The  result  of  the  fair  was 
the  swelling  of  the  Sanitary  Commission's  treas- 
ury by  a  contribution  of  $1,184,486.72.  The  Regi- 
ment's own  contribution  to  the  fair,  besides  its 
other  aid,  was  $8,583.50.  In  February,  Maj. 
Benjamin  M.  Nevers  resigned,  and  in  April  Capt. 
Emmons  Clark,  of  the  Second  Co.,  was  elected  to 
succeed  him,  but  did  not  accept ;  Capt.  George 
T.  Haws,  of  the  Third  Co.  was  also  elected,  but 
declined,  and  on  May  30  Capt.  Joseph  B.  Young, 
of  the  Sixth  Co.  was  elected  and  accepted.  He 
died  suddenly  of  heart  disease  July  3d,  1876,  ?ur- 
rounded  by  his  comrades,  while  the  Regiment 
was  on  the  train  going  to  the  Centennial  at 
Philadelphia.  On  June  21st  Capt.  Emmons 
Clark  was  elected  Colonel.  In  July  Lt.  George 
T.  Haws,  of  the  Third  Co.,  was  elected  his  suc- 
cessor.     At    the    annual    inspection,    Oct.    24th, 


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there  were  present  789 ;  total  present  and  absent, 
1,042. 

The  first  three  months  of  1865  were  notable  for 
parades  celebrating  the  success  of  our  arms  in 
the  South,  and  on  General  Lee's  surrender  at 
Appomatox,  April  9th,  Col.  Clark  issued  orders 
for  an  illumination  of  the  Armory  and  a  salute 
of  one  hundred  guns,  but  this  jubilation  was 
sadly  prevented  by  the  assassination,  on  April 
14th,  of  President  Lincoln,  and  instead  of  a  cele- 
bration, the  Armory  was  ordered  draped  in 
mourning.  The  Lincoln  obsequies  in  this  city 
began  on  April  24th  by  the  reception  by  the  7th 
Regiment  of  the  body  of  President  Lincoln  at 
the  foot  of  Desbrosses  Street ;  a  detail  from  the 
Regiment  guarded  the  catafalque  to  the  City 
Hall,  and  on  Tuesday,  April  25th,  the  Regiment 
was  a  prominent  factor  to  the  sad  procession. 
This  entire  event  is  covered  by  the  history  of  the 
city,  the  nation,  and  by  Abraham  Lincoln's  many 
biographies.  At  inspection,  Oct.  20,  1865,  there 
were  present  871  ;  present  and  absent,  1,077. 
The  Regiment  on  this  occasion  first  appeared  in 
its  new  gray  and  black  uniform,  French  Chasseur 
style,  fullv  described  in  Adjt.  D.  W.  C.  Falls'  his- 
tory of  the  Regiment's  uniform,  elsewhere  in 
this  issue. 

The  reception  tendered  by  the  Regiment  to  its 
members  who  had  served  in  the  war  was  held 
January  31st,  1866,  at  the  Academy  of  Music, 
and  was  one  of  the  military  and  social  events 
of  the  year  in  the  metropolis.  Gen.  John  A.  Dix 
was  the  orator,  and  he  referred  freely  to  the 
Regiment's  "Roll  of  Honor,"  of  the  names  of 
those  who  had  served  in  the  Army  and  Navy 
during  the  war,  copies  of  which  were  circulated 
through  the  audience.  Lt.  William  H.  Kipp,  of 
the  Fourth  Co.,  in  1866  was  appointed  Adjutant 
to  succeed  Adjt.  J.  Henry  Liebenau,  who  resign- 
ed to  accept  a  staff  position  from  Governor 
Fenton.  At  the  inspection,  Oct.  2d,  1866,  there 
were  present  708;  present  and  absent,  1,131. 

A  new  drum  corps  of  thirty  drummers  was  en- 
listed in  Jan.,  1867,  with  David  Graham  Drum- 
Major.  Governor  Fenton  in  January  commis- 
sioned Alexander  Shaler  as  Major-General.  First 
Division  of  the  National  Guard,  vice  Gen.  Charles 
W.  Sandford,  retired ;  this  was  felt  to  be  a  com- 
pliment to  the  Seventh,  in  which  Gen.  Shaler's 
model  military  career  was  developed.  At  in- 
spection, Oct.  loth,  there  were  present  682 ;  total 
present  and  absent,  1,016. 

On  May  28,  1868,  the  Regiment  paraded  in  full 
dress  uniform  for  the  first  time  since  the  war; 
in  honor  of  the  occasion  the  band  was  increased 
to  one  hundred  musicians ;  Mayor  Hoffman  re- 
viewed the  parade  at  City  Hall  and  afterward 
the  Hon.  Anson  Burlingame,  late  U.  S.  Minister 
to  China,  accompanied  by  the  Chinese  embassy, 
reviewed  the  Regiment  at  Union  Square.  On 
July  8  the  Regiment  started  on  an  excursion  to 


MARSHALL    LEFFERTS,    COLOXEL    1859-64. 

Norwich,  Conn. — its  first  pleasure  trip  in  eight 
years.  At  annual  inspection,  October  6,  there 
were  678  present ;  total  present  and  absent,  919. 
After  the  inspection  Col.  Clark  compiled  and  pub- 
lished a  roll  of  members  most  distinguished  for 
long  and  faithful  service  which  is  now  become 
one  of  the  Regiment's  most  cherished  records  and 
honorary  institutions.  In  October,  John  M. 
Smith,  who  died  in  1906,  a  veteran  of  the  Semin- 
ole and  Civil  wars  was  warranted  Drum-Major 
to  succeed  David  Graham,  retired  after  ten  years' 
service.  On  February  i,  1868  was  first  instituted 
and  installed  a  rifle  shooting  range  in  the  armory. 

The  earliest  event  of  importance  in  1869  was 
the  presentation  to  the  Regiment  by  the  City,  on 
April  19,  the  anniversary  of  the  Seventh's  de- 
parture for  the  war  in  1861,  of  a  stand  of  colors ; 
for  this  memorable  function  the  armory  was 
decorated  as  if  for  a  floral  fete.  On  July  21  the 
Regiment  left  on  a  trip  to  Albany,  Troy  and 
Saratoga  Springs ;  on  July  23  it  was  reviewed  at 
Saratoga  by  Governor  Hoffman.  At  annual  in- 
spection October  25  there  were  present  718 ;  pres- 
ent and  absent.  871. 

The  year  1869  ended  the  decade  which  includ- 
ed the  years  of  the  Civil  War ;  with  the  advent 
of  1870  began  an  era  of  thirty-five  years  of 
peace,  progress  and  prosperity  for  the  Seventh 
during  which  occurred  but  a  few  summonses  to 
duty  to  curb  disturbances  chiefly  caused  by  in- 
dustrial disputes :  in  this  period  the  Regiment 
developed  into  its  highest  state  of  efficiency, 
which  is  its  pride  while  celebrating  the  centennial 
anniversary  of  its  origin,  in  1806,  and  standing  on 
the  threshold  of  the  second  century  of  its  exist- 
ence. 

Upon  the  advent  of  1870  appeared  the  "His- 


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torv  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
During  the  War  of  The  RebelHon,"  by  WiUiam 
Swinton,  M.  A.,  author  of  "Campaigns  of  The 
Army  of  The  Potomac,"  and  illustrated  by 
Thomas  Nast ;  it  is  accurate  and  complete ;  copies 
were  placed  by  the  Regiment  in  the  principal 
libraries  of  America  and  Europe.  In  January, 
Captain  George  Moore  Smith  of  the  Seventh 
Co.  succeeded  Maj.  C.  H.  Meday,  resigned.  On 
July  14  the  Regiment  visited  Philadelphia  in  ac- 
ceptance of  that  city's  invitation;  the  oppressive 
heat  made  its  parade  there  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tressing experiences  in  the  Regiment's  history ; 
both  at  Philadelphia  and  afterward  at  Cape  May 
the  Seventh  was  highly  honored  and  delightfully 
entertained ;  at  Cape  May  it  was  reviewed  by 
Maj. -Gen.  George  G.  Meade.  In  a  cold  rain 
storm  on  September  30  the  Regiment  marched 
in  the  funeral  procession  of  Admiral  Farragut. 
At  annual  inspection,  Oct.  20,  there  were  present 
685 ;  present  and  absent,  804.  Enlistments  in 
1870  were  larger  and  the  recruits  of  a  better 
character  than  at  any  time  since  the  war. 

The  event  of  1871  was  the  Orangemen's  par- 
ade on  July  12  and  the  threatened  and  resultant 
rioting ;  the  city's  military  force  was  ordered  out 
and  the  Seventh  reported  to  General  Varian  at 
Eighth  Ave.  and  Twenty-sixth  St. ;  the  Regi- 
ment's left  wing  headed  the  Orangemen's  small 
procession  in  column  of  Companies,  while  its 
right  wing,  formed  on  the  west  side  of  Eighth 
Ave.,  at  the  command,  fired  upon  rioters  who 
were  bombarding  the  parade  with  dangerous 
missiles ;  on  the  left  of  the  parade  line  were  the 
Sixth  and  Ninth  Regiments,  while  the  Orange- 
men were  flanked  on  the  right  by  the  Twenty-sec- 
ond and  on  the  left  by  the  Eighty-fourth  Regi- 
ments ;  when  the  head  of  the  procession,  pro- 
ceeding down  Eighth  Ave.,  reached  Twenty- 
third  St.,  the  Seventh's  right  wing,  in  column  of 
fours,  had  begun  to  march  down  the  side-walk 
on  the  west  side  of  Eighth  Ave.  toward  Twenty- 
third  St.  to  take  its  position  at  the  right  of  the 
line ;  just  then  all  were  startled  by  a  terrible 
volley  from  the  rifles  of  the  Eighty- fourth,  fired 
upon  the  crowd  on  the  east  side  of  the  Avenue ; 
this  fusillade  was  followed  by  shots  from  the 
Sixth  and  a  still  more  violent  volley  from  the 
Ninth ;  the  fatal  volleys  were  provoked  by  shots 
and  missiles  from  the  mob  and  although  delivered 
without  proper  orders  were  condoned  by  both 
civil  and  military  authorities  and  probably  ef- 
fectually quelled  the  riot ;  fifty-three  persons 
were  killed,  some,  of  course,  innocent  but  cur- 
ious spectators.  The  Regiment's  discipline  and 
steadiness  upon  this  occasion  was  never  more 
marked  and  its  good  conduct  elicited  comments 
of  approval  on  all  sides. 

On  September  12  at  a  meeting  presided  over 
by  Major  George  AToore  Smith,  The  National 
Rifle  Association  was  organized :  it  was  in  great 


part  a  culmination  of  a  long  campaign  for  im- 
provement in  marksmanship  in  the  National 
Guard  by  the  Army  and  Navy  Journal.  At  in- 
spection, Oct.  9,  there  were  present,  755 ;  present 
and  absent,  906.  On  November  21  the  Regiment 
paraded  in  the  reception  to  the  Grand  Duke 
Alexis,  of  Russia. 

On  April  i,  1872,  Captain  Stephen  O.  Ryder, 
of  the  Fifth  Company,  was  elected  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  to  succeed  Lt.-Col.  George  T.  Haws,  re- 
signed. On  April  3  the  Regiment  marched  in 
the  funeral  procession  of  Gen.  Robert  Anderson, 
the  "Hero  of  Fort  Sumter,"  long  a  personal 
friend  and  admirer  of  the  Seventh.  Work  on 
laying  out  and  constructing  Creedmoor  Rifle 
Range  was  begun  early  in  1872  by  The  National 
Rifle  Association.  Nine  years  had  elapsed  since 
the  Regiment  had  been  in  camp  and  July  3  the 
Seventh  went  to  camp  at  Saratoga,  armed,  for 
the  first  time,  with  the  new  issue  of  Remington 
Rifles.  At  inspection,  October  14,  there  were 
present  780;  present  and  absent,  892.  On  Nov- 
ember 25  the  First  Regiment  of  Pennsylvania,, 
of  Philadelphia,  visited  New  York  and  was  es- 
corted and  entertained  by  the  Regiment. 

The  Corps  of  Cadets  of  the  United  States 
Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  under  com- 
mand of  General  Emery  Upton,  took  part  in  the 
ceremonies  of  the  second  inauguration  of  Presi- 
dent Grant,  March  4,  1873,  ^t  Washington  and 
on  their  return  visited  New  York  City  for  the 
first  time  in  a  body ;  they  were  escorted  and  en- 
tertained by  the  Seventh  which  before  then 
and  more  especially  since  has  always  enjoyed  a 
special  friendship  with  and  relation  to  the  West 
Pointers.  Creedmoor  Rifle  Range  was  opened 
June  21.  The  Regiment  visited  Creedmoor  for 
the  first  time  September  18;  the  Seventh  Co. 
made  the  best  average.  In  October,  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  drill  season,  began  the  Regi- 
ment's modern  era  of  thorough  rifle  practice.  At 
inspection  Oct.  28,  there  were  present  763 ;  pres- 
ent and  absent,  892.  On  December  27  Colonel 
Clark  was  presented  by  the  Regiment  with  a 
handsome  silver  punch  bowl  and  companion 
pieces. 

in  the  winter  of  1874  there  was  great  suffering 
among  the  poor  of  New  York  and  on  Jan.  6  the 
Regiment  gave  a  charity  ball  at  the  Academy  of 
Music  for  their  benefit;  as  a  result  $4,261.96 
was  realized.  The  Seventh  was  the  guard  of 
honor  on  Feb.  26  at  the  funeral  of  Henry  Smith, 
President  of  the  Police  Department.  On  April 
22  the  Legislature  passed  an  Act  authorizing  the 
city  to  lease  to  the  Regiment  the  site  of  its  pres- 
ent Armory.  The  Seventh  Regiment  Memorial 
Statue  in  Central  Park  near  Eighth  Ave.  and 
Sixty-ninth  St.  was  inaugurated  on  June  22 ;  the 
statue  was  unveiled  by  its  sculptor,  J.  O.  A. 
Ward ;  Gen.  John  A.  Dix  was  the  orator.  On 
July   29  the    Fifth    Maryland   Regiment   visited 


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this  city  and  was  received  and  entertained  by  the 
Seventh.  On  Oct.  6  the  Regiment  celebrated  its 
semi-centennial  anniversary  of  its  organization — 
as  the  Seventh  Regiment  in  1824 — by  a  parade 
and  in  the  evening  a  dinner  at  Irving  Hall ;  a 
feature  was  addresses  by  its  five  ex-Colonels. 
At  inspection,  Oct.  26,  thejse  >vere  present,  773 ; 
present  and  absent,  896.  'Ortfbec.  5  the  Regi- 
ment marched  as  part  of  the  escort  at  the  funeral 
of  Mayor  William  F.  Havemeyer. 

On  June  16,  1875  the  Regiment  started  on  a 
notable  trip  to  Boston.  On  July  i  the  city  ap- 
propriated $350,000  for  the  new  Armory  and  ar- 
chitect Charles  W.  Clinton,  a  Seventh  Regiment 
man,  was  instructed  to  proceed  with  plans  and 
specifications.  In  September  at  Creedmoor  the 
Regiment  won  first  prizes  in  the  New  York  State, 
First  Division  and  Third  Brigade  matches.  At 
inspection  Oct.  13,  there  were  present,  839;  pres- 
ent and  absent,  971.  On  Nov.  27  the  Regiment 
served  as  the  guard  of  honor  to  the  body  of  Vice- 
President  Henry  Wilson,  while  passing  through 
the  city  on  its  way  to  Massachusetts.  At  the 
close  of  1875  the  Regiment  had  reached  an  un- 
paralleled degree  of  prosperity  in  all  its  phases ; 
financially  it  had  a  balance  in  the  treasury  of 
over  $20,000,  while  most  of  the  Companies  had 
handsome  surpluses  in  their  treasuries. 

Wearied  by  delays  and  litigation  over  their 
protracted  efiforts  to  secure  a  new  Armory,  the 
Regiment's  Board  of  Officers  met  on  Jan.  15, 
1876  and,  adopting  resolutions  offered  by  Col. 
Clark,  determined  to  make  an  effort  to  raise  by 
subscription  a  fund  for  the  erection  of  a  new 
Armory.  Before  May  i  the  fund  amounted  to 
$80,000,  of  this  $42,000  was  subscribed  by  offi- 
cers and  members  of  the  Regiment.  On  July  i 
the  Regiment  left  for  an  encampment  of  a  week 
at  the  Centennial  Exposition  at  Philadelphia. 
On  Sept.  16  the  Seventh  participated  in  the  cele- 
bration of  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the 
Battle  of  Harlem  Heiglrts.  On  Oct.  24  at  in- 
spection there  were  present,  893 ;  present  and  ab- 
sent, 981.  Adjutant  Louis  Fitzgerald  was  elected 
Lieutenant-Colonel  in  November  to  succeed  Lt.- 
Col.  Stephen  Oscar  Ryder,  resigned. 

On  May  15,  1877,  by  invitation,  the  Regiment 
paraded  in  the  ceremonies  incident  to  the  inaugu- 
ration of  the  statue  of  Gen.  Fitz-Greene  Halleck, 
in  Central  Park ;  it  was  reviewed  by  President 
Hayes,  Gen.  William  T.  Sherman  and  Secretaries 
Evarts  and  Schurz ;  its  superb  appearance  on  this 
occasion  was  admired  by  many  thousands  of 
spectators.  With  the  Centennial  Celebration  of 
American  Independence,  in  1876.  terminated  the 
parade  of  the  military  on  July  4th  and  in  1877 
began  the  annual  parade  of  the  First  Division  on 
May  30th,  Decoration  Day.  The  year  1877  was 
the  year  of  bloody  and  destructive  railway 
riots  which  were  worst  in  Pittsburgh  and  vio- 
lent  chiefly  along   the   great   railway   lines ;   the 


EMMONS    CLARK,    COUDNEL    1864-1889. 

Regiment,  in  expectation  of  local  trouble  from 
this  source  was  on  duty  at  its  Armory  under 
arms  and  awaiting  orders,  July  23  to  28.  The 
corner  stone  of  the  the  new  Armory  was  laid 
Oct.  13  with  fitting  ceremonies  and  with  many 
distinguished  speakers  and  guests  present.  At 
inspection,  Oct.  23,  there  were  present,  859; 
present  and  absent,  979.  On  December  31  the 
Armory  fund  amounted  to  $157,300 — $130,000 
collected  and  deposited  to  the  order  of  the  trus- 
tees. 

A  reception  and  ball  at  the  Academy  of  Music 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Armory  fund  on  April  24, 
1878,  was  the  most  brilliant  social  event  of  the 
season ;  the  net  receipts  were  nearly  $16,000. 
On  May  16  the  Regiment  paraded  for  battalion 
drill  for  the  last  time  at  Tompkins  Square.  At 
inspection,  Oct.  17,  there  were  present,  872 ; 
present  and  absent,  987.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
the  Armory  fund  amounted  to  $207,339.74. 

In  April,  1879,  an  issue  of  bonds  was  sold  for 
the  building  of  the  new  Armory,  amounting  to 
$150,000.  About  this  time  Lt.  Daniel  Appleton 
was  elected  to  command  the  Sixth  Co.,  to  succeed 
Capt.  Henry  B.  Turner,  resigned.  For  the  first 
time,  in  1879,  the  annual  inspection  and  review 
of  the  Regiment  was  held  in  the  Spring,  May  21, 
in  Lafayette  Place ;  there  were  present,  852 ; 
present  and  absent,  933.  The  Regiment  had  the 
highest  figure  of  merit  at  Creedmoor  in  the  Na- 


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tional  Guard  of  the  State.  On  Monday,  Nov.  17, 
the  great  fair  to  furnish  the  regimental  and  com- 
pany rooms  of  the  new  Armory  was  opened  by 
President  Hayes;  to  detail  a  description  of  this 
fair  would  require  a  book  or  a  newspaper  and 
indeed  it  had  the  latter — The  Knapsack, — which 
was  perhaps  the  fore-rvumer  of  The  Seventh 
Regiment  Gazette.  The  financial  result  of  the 
fair  was:  receipts,  $158,319.33;  expenses,  $17,- 
769.41 ;  net  receipts,  $140,549.93. 

The  new  Armory  was  taken  possession  of  by 
the  Regiment  April  26,  1880;  the  leaving  of  the 
old  Tompkins  Market  Armory  was  not  devoid  of 
sentiment  derived  from  long  occupancy  and  many 
associations.  On  May  i  Col.  Clark  was  assigned 
to  the  command  of  the  Third  Brigade  and  Lt.-Col. 
Fitzgerald  commanded  the  Regiment  until  Oct. ; 
the  Regiment  was  also  honored  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  Col.  Clark  as  one  of  the  Board  of  Visitors 
to  West  Point.  At  annual  inspection,  May  18, 
there  were  present,  865 ;  present  and  absent,  968. 
In  1880  the  Regiment  was  again  highest  in  order 
of  merit  at  Creedmoor ;  the  Regiment's  Rifle 
Club  was  accredited  with  contributing  to  the 
Regiment's  success  in  marksmanship.  In  Dec- 
ember Bandmaster  C.  S.  Grafulla  died ;  he  had 
resigned  in  September  after  twenty  years  of 
valuable  service  to  the  Regiment.  The  new 
armory  was  formally  opened  to  the  public  on 
Sept.  30.  and  visited  by  thirty-eight  thousand 
people.  The  total  receipts  for  the  armory  build- 
ing and  furnishing  fund  were  $589,438.91 ;  in 
addition  the  companies  expended  over  $12,000 
on  their  rooms  and  from  the  regimental  treasury 
was  afterwards  paid  about  $4,000,  making  the 
total  about  $605,000.  The  New  Armory  Inau- 
guration Ball  on  Dec.  15,  was  a  brilliant  affair 
attended  by  many  distinguished  personages  and 
organizations. 

Lt.-Col.  Louis  Fitzgerald  resigned  in  Jan- 
uary 1 88 1,  and  Maj.  George  Moore  Smith  was 
elected  his  successor  in  March ;  in  April  Capt. 
Richard  Allison  of  Co.  A  was  elected  major  and 
Maj.  Edward  A.  McAlpin  of  the  71st  Regt.,  for- 
merly a  non-commissioned  officer  in  the  Seventh 
was  elected  his  successor.  The  Music  Festival 
of  the  Oratorio  and  Symphony  Societies  conduct- 
ed by  Dr.  Damrosch  in  May  at  the  Armory,  was 
one  of  the  most  brilliant  musical  and  social  events 
of  its  kind  in  the  history  of  New  York  City. 

At  inspection  Oct.  16,  there  were  present  792 ; 
present  and  absent  902.  In  Nov.  C.  A.  Cappa 
assumed  the  position  of  band-leader,  and  under 
his  leadership  the  Seventh  Regiment  Band, 
more  than  ever,  became  one  of  the  military, 
musical  and  social  features  of  the  metropolis.  In 
November,  Sergt.  John  LeBoutillier  was  appoint- 
ed Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice  to  succeed  Capt. 
Charles  F.  Robbins,  "the  father  of  rifle  practice 
in  the  Seventh  Regiment,"  resigned. 

In  February  1882,  Gen.  Joshua  M.  Varian — in 


service  since  1884 — resigned,  and  Col.  Clark 
was  placed  in  command  of  the  Second  Brigade. 
In  March  Col.  Clark  was  unanimously  elected 
brigadier-general  ince  Varian  resigned ;  Col. 
Clark,  preferring  to  command  the  Seventh,  de- 
clined. After  a  dead-locked  contest  over  three 
candidates,  Governor  Cornell  appointed  Lt.-Col. 
Fitzgerald  Brigadier  General.  At  inspection, 
June  19,  there  were  present  747 ;  present  and  ab- 
sent 891.  In  March  ex-Lt.  Francis  Bacon  of 
Co.  K  was  appoined  Adjutant.  In  the  Spring 
the  series  of  semi-annual  games  in  the  armory 
commenced.  On  Monday,  July  3,  the  Regiment 
started  on  a  successful  trip  to  Bufi^alo,  where  it 
was  invited  by  the  City  to  participate  in  the 
celebration  of  Fourth  of  July,  and  later  went  to 
Niagara  Falls.  In  1882,  the  State  camp-ground 
at  Peekskill  was  inaugurated  and  occupied.  Again 
at  Creedmoor  the  Regiment's  figure  of  merit  was 
highest  in  the  State.  The  first  International 
Rifle  Match  with  military  rifles  took  place  at 
Creedmoor  on  Sept.  14 ;  the  British  team,  more 
experienced,  won  easily;  the  score  was  1,975  to 
1,865.  On  Sept.  16,  the  Regiment  gave  a  re- 
ception at  the  armory  to  the  British  team. 

The  first  annual  dinner  at  Pinard's  in  April 
1883,  of  the  Board  of  Officers  was  a  pleasant 
affair  and  it  was  planned  to  repeat  it  annually. 
On  May  24,  the  Regiment  paraded  as  guard  of 
honor  to  President  Chester  A.  Arthur  and  other 
distinguished  guests  at  the  formal  opening  of  the 
Brooklyn  Bridge.  The  Regiment  started  on  June 
23,  for  its  tour  of  duty  at  the  State  camp,  which 
was  a  memorable  success  in  every  way.  At  in- 
spection June  28,  at  the  State  Camp  there  were 
present,  795  ;  present  and  absent,  965.  At  the 
fall  meeting  at  Creedmoor  the  "Army  and  Navy 
Journal  Cup"  became  the  Regiment's  property,  it 
having  won  it  for  the  third  time.  Lt.  William  H. 
Palmer,  in  May  was  appointed  Inspector  of 
Rifle  practice  vice  LeBoutillier,  resigned.  On 
Oct.  18,  the  Regiment,  by  invitation  participated 
in  the  centennial  celebration  at  Newburg.  On 
Nov.  26,  the  Regiment  was  an  important  part 
of  the  centennial  celebration  of  the  evacuation  of 
New  York  by  the  British. 

The  twentieth  anniversary  of  the  election  of 
Col.  Clark,  to  the  command  of  the  Regiment, 
was  celebrated  in  June,  by  a  visit  of  the  officers 
to  his  residence  at  Pleasant  Valley,  N.  J.,  and  an 
afternoon  and  evening  entertainment. 

The  excursion  to  Hartford  and  New  Haven  in 
June  1884,  was  the  event  of  this  kind  of  the  year. 
At  the  June  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Officers, 
according  to  a  resolution  adopted  which  was 
offered  by  Lt.-Col.  George  Moore  Smith,  the 
Cross  of  Honor  was  authorized  and  designed 
which  is  now  the  cherished  decoration  for  long 
and  faithful  service.  At  inspection  on  Oct.  2, 
there  were  present,  826 ;  present  and  absent,  982. 
In  1884  was  organized.the  "Society  of  War  Vet- 


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COLONEL  DANIEL  APPLETON,   RE\IE\VIXG   /TH       KEGT.       IX     VAN     CORTLANDT     PARK. 


erans  of  the  Seventh  Regiment ;"  Gen.  Alexander 
Shaler  was  elected  president.  "The  Seventh 
Regiment  Veterans'  League,"  a  purely  benevolent 
organization,  also  was  organized  and  Capt.  Cyrus 
H.  Loutrel  was  elected  president.  In  1884  "The 
Seventh  Regiment  Glee  Club,"  originated  in  1882, 
was  permanently  organized  with  Col.  Clark  as 
president,  and  Charles  H.  Hoyt,  of  Co.  I  as 
leader.  In  December  the  Board  of  Officers 
adopted  resolutions  congratulating  Col.  Clark  on 
his  twenty  years  of  service,  and  thanking  him ; 
the  resolutions,  handsomely  engrossed  in  album 
form,  were  presented  to  Col.  Clark. 

Governor  Hill  reviewed  the  Regiment  on  Feb. 
12,  1885,  at  the  armory.  On  Decoration  Day  in 
the  memorial  parade  the  Regiment,  in  the  First 
Division,  passed  in  review  before  President 
Cleveland  at  the  Worth  Monument.  This  parade 
was  memorable  because  from  a  window  of  his 
residence  in  Sixty-sixth  St.,  General  Grant,  then 
ill  and  nearing  his  death,  appeared  at  a  window 
and  for  the  last  time  in  his  life  viewed  a  proces- 
sion of  unifomed  and  armed  soldiery.  On  March 
18,  the  Cross  of  Honor  was  publicly  presented 
to  four  hundred  and  twenty-one  active  and  ex- 
empt members  in  the  drill  room.  After  a  dress 
parade  by  the  Regiment  it  was  reviewed  by 
Gen.  Duryee  and  Col.  Bremner,  the  only  living 
ex-colonels   of   the   Seventh. 

On  July  23,  Gen.  Grant  died  at  Mount  Mc- 
Gregor :  on  August  5,  the  Regiment,  with  troops 
under  Gen.  Hancock,  received  the  body  at  the 
Grand  Central  Station.  The  Regiment's  officers 
were  the  guard  of  honor  on  Aug.  7,  over  the  body 
at  City  Hall.  The  grand  funeral  parade  was  on 
August  8,  when  the  body  was  deposited  in  the 
temporary  vault  in  Riverside  Park.  This  na- 
tional event  in  history  is  comparatively  recent  and 
space  forbids  its  description  in  this  abbreviated 


history  of  the  Regiment.  At  inspection,  Oct.  8, 
there  were  present,  921 ;  present  and  absent, 
1,003. 

In  Jan.  1886,  there  was  a  successful  compli- 
mentary concert  to  Bandmaster  Cappa,  at  the 
armory.  Cappa's  name  and  the  title  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  Band  were  now  familiar  as 
household  words.  The  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
of  the  departure  of  the  Seventh  for  the  war  in 
1861,  was  celebrated  by  an  excursion  to  Wash- 
ington, starting  on  April  19;  of  all  those  that 
marched  in  1861,  but  seven  were  in  the  ranks  on 
this  anniversary.  The  Regiment  was  reviewed 
before  the  Executive  Mansion  by  President 
Cleveland.  In  May,  Capt.  William  H.  Kipp  was 
elected  major  vice  Major  Allison,  resigned.  Maj. 
Gen.  Alexander  Shaler  resigned  the  command  of 
the  First  Division  in  May,  and  with  him  the 
office  of  major-general  ceased  to  exist.  The  first 
parade  of  the  National  Guard  of  New  York  City, 
after  its  reorganization  as  the  First  Brigade, 
with  the  Seventh  Regiment  on  its  right,  was  on 
Oct.  6,  Brig-Gen.  Louis  Fitzgerald,  commanding. 
At  inspection  Oct.  14,  there  were  present,  966; 
total  present  and  absent,  1,031.  This  was  the 
largest  number  ever  inspected  in  the  Regiment. 
On  Oct.  28,  the  Bartholdi  Statue  of  Liberty  on 
Bedloe's  Island  was  inaugurated  by  President 
Qeveland,  the  Regiment  participating.  On  Dec. 
4,  1886,  appeared  the  first  number  of  The  Sev- 
enth Regiment  G.\zette. 

On  Jan.  15,  1887,  there  was  presented  to  the 
Regiment  by  Joseph  J.  O'Donohue,  a  distinguish- 
ed merchant  of  New  York,  a  magnificent  bronze 
statue  of  a  Tunisian  gunsmith,  to  be  a  trophy  to 
be  annually  awarded  to  the  Company  showing  the 
highest  percentage  in  attendance  and  in  skirmish 
and  volley  firing  at  Creedmoor.  Co.  B  won  it 
in   1887.  and  the  O'Donohue  trophy  has  always 


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proved  a  valuable  stimulant  to  the  several  com- 
panies in  these  competitions.  The  thirtieth  anni- 
versary of  the  enlistment  in  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment of  Col.  Clark,  was  celebrated  on  Jan.  21, 
by  a  banquet  at  Delmonico's.  At  inspection, 
Nov.  22,  there  were  prerent,  1,018;  present  and 
absent,  1,036. 

In  1888,  there  was  little  in  the  Regiment's  his- 
tory unusual  or  that  was  not  perfunctory.  At 
inspection,  Nov.  15,  there  were  present  1,033; 
— the  largest  number  to  date ;  present  and  absent, 
1,051. 

The  first  competition  for  the  elegant  and  val- 
uable  LeBoutillier  bronze  trophy,   presented   in 
December  1888,  by  ex-Capt.  John  LeBoutillier, 
took  place  in  February  1889,  and  it  was  won  by 
Co.  B  with  a  score  of  430.     On  March  4,  the 
Regiment  paraded  at  the  inauguration  of  Benja- 
min Harrison,  as  President  of  the  United  States 
at  Washington.     Bad  weather  and  miserable  ac- 
commodations and  fare  marred  the  pleasure  of 
this  otherwise  interesting  trip.     On  April  25,  at 
a  dinner  at  Delmonico's  Edward  Kemp,  an  ex- 
member  of  Co.  F,  presented  to  the  Regiment's 
officers  as  a  trophy  for  rifle  practice  the  Olderi-' 
burg  Horn   which   is   one  of  the  most  notable 
possessions,  in  the  trophy  line,  of  the  Regiment. 
On  April  29  and  30,  the  Regiment  participated 
in   the  centennial   celebration   of   the   inaugura- 
tion of  General  George  Washington  as  the  first 
president  of  the  United  States.     Col.  Clark  re- 
signed his  commission  on  June  21,  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  the  beginning  of  his  service 
as  colonel ;  it  was  understood  that  it  was  not  to 
be  eflFective  until  after  the  Regiment's  tour  of 
duty  at  the  State  camp  at  Peekskill  was  com- 
pleted.   On  June  25,  at  camp.  Col.  Clark  was  pre- 
sented with  a  superb  testimonial  by  the  Regiment, 
a  bronze   statue   of  Augustus    Caesar.     On   the 
homeward  trip  of  the  Regiment  the  steamboat 
landed  at  Fort  Uee.  where  Col.  Clark  disembarked 
for  his  home  at  Pleasant  Valley,  N.  J. ;  the  scene 
and  the  sincere  grief  of  the  Regiment  at  this 
dramatic  movement  is  one  of  the  most  solemn 
and  important  episodes  in  the  life  of  the  Seventh. 
On  July   18,   Capt.   Daniel  Appleton,  of  Co.   F 
was  unanimously  chosen  to  command  the  Regi- 
ment.    Adjutant  George  W.  Rand  was  elected 
Captain  of  Co.  F,  and  Lt.  Willard  C.  Fisk  of 
Co.  A,  was  appointed  Adjutant. 

At  inspection,  Nov.  15.  1889,  there  were  pres- 
ent, 1,034;  present  and  absent,  1,040;  and  in  this 
vear  ended  Col.  Clark's  History  of  the  Seventh 
Reiment,  leaving,  as  its  historian  remarks,  "the 
Regiment  in  full   tide  of  prosperity." 

On  Jan.  24,  1890.  was  concluded  the  first  com- 
petition for  the  Oldenburg  Horn  ;  known  as  the 
Kemp  Trophy.  Co.  B  proved  the  victor,  with 
a  score  of  1053  out  of  a  possible  1250 ;  ten 
teams  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  men  com- 
peted.    On  Feb.   14,  there  was  a  dress  parade 


and  review  for  the  officers  of  the  United  States 
Army  stationed  at  New  York.  This  was  ac- 
knowledged in  a  graceful  and  complimentary  let- 
ter by  Gen.  O.  O.  Howard,  U.  S.  A.,  commanding 
the  Department  of  the  Atlantic.  On  Feb.  i,  The 
G.\ZE'nE  Association  gave  a  dinner  to  the  Regi- 
ment's officers  and  Company  representatives.  On 
May  31,  the  Regiment,  as  a  part  of  the  First 
Brigade,  took  part  in  the  larger  tactics  of  a 
"field  day"  at  Van  Cortlandt  Park,  planned  by 
Gen.  Fitzgerald.  In  June  1890,  the  State  took 
over  Creedmoor  from  the  National  Rifle  Associ- 
ation. 

In  February  1891,  the  Regiment  participated 
in  the  memorable  funeral  procession  of  Gen. 
William  T.  Sherman.  At  the  annual  in- 
spection of  1 89 1,  the  Regiment  led  all  of  the 
National  Guard  organizations  of  the  State,  with 
98.9  per  cent.  The  Regiment  encamped  at  Peek- 
skill,  leaving  June  20,  and  returning  June  28. 
The  Veterans,  on  Oct.  6,  celebrated  the  sixty- 
seventh  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the 
Regiment  with  a  banquet  at  the  Manhattan  Ath- 
letic Club.  On  Oct.  8,  the  Regiment  took  part 
in  another  field  day,  by  the  First  Brigade  at 
Van  Cortlandt  Park.  In  General  Orders  No. 
26,  issued  Oct.  26,  the  announcement  of  the  or- 
ganization of  a  Regimental  Ambulance  Corps 
was  made.  EflFective  work  was  accredited  to  the 
Catling  Gun  Squad,  commanded  by  Lt.  Addison 
McDougall.  The  organization  of  a  Regimental 
Howitzer  Corps,  commanded  by  Adjt.  Francis  G. 
Landon  was  approved.  In  Inspector-General, 
Thomas  H.  Barber's  annual  report  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General on  Oct.  19,  the  Seventh  was  at  the 
top  with  "ten  companies  up  to  standard."  The 
twentieth  games  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  Ath- 
letic Ass'n  held  Dec.  5,  at  the  armory,  were  the 
most  successful  of  any  in  the  Association's  his- 
tory, and  were  witnessed  by  six  thousand  spec- 
tators. 

On  April  r6,  1892,  the  Regiment's  Battery  of 
ambitious  artillerists  enjoyed  an  arduous  field 
day  at  Van  Cortlandt  Park.  The  Regiment  had 
a  field  day  and  was  inspected  on  May  7,  at  Van 
Cortlandt  Park ;  it  stood  at  the  head  of  the  eleven 
regiments  of  the  First  Brigade,  with  present, 
1026:  absent,  2=;;  total,  1051;  percentage,  97.7. 
On  Oct.  10,  II  and  12,  the  Regiment  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  Columbus  Celebration 
parades.  In  the  Naval  parade  the  Veterans  and 
their  guests,  a  party  of  900,  had  their  place  on  the 
iron  steamboat  "Sirius."  In  1892  the  Seventh 
led  the  State  National  Guard  in  rifle  practice 
with  920  marksmen,  and  157  sharpshooters; 
total  1,097. 

On  Monday,  Jan.  9,  1893,  occurred  the  funeral 
of  Chevalier  Carlo  Alberta  Cappa,  the  famous 
leader  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  Band.  He  re- 
ceived appropriate  military  honors  and  almost 
the  entire  Regiment  attended  the  funeral  at  the 


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OFFICERS  OF  THE  7TH   REGIMEN  J  AT  PEEKSKILL,   I  905. 


Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  in  West  34th  St. 
On  March  4,  the  Regiment  marched  in  the  pro- 
cession attending  the  second  inauguration  of 
Grover  Cleveland  as  President  in  Washington. 
During  March,  Walter  E.  Rogers  was  appointed 
bandmaster,  as  the  late  C.  A.  Cappa's  successor. 
The  Regiment's  tour  of  camp  duty  at  Peekskill 
in  June,  was  very  successful,  and  its  muster  ex- 
ceeded the  representation  that  any  regiment  had 
ever  sent  to  camp;  the  attendance  was  79.1,  or 
about  ten  per  cent,  better  than  in  1891.  On  Aug. 
31,  the  U.  S.  Cruiser  "New  York"  went  into 
commission  at  Philadelphia,  on  the  signal  of 
"eight  bells,"  struck  upon  a  magnificent  ornamen- 
tal bell  presented  by  the  Seventh  Regiment.  At 
Creedmoor,  in  Sept.,  the  Regiment  won  both 
the  State  Trophy  Match  and  the  First  Brigade 
Match;  in  Nov.  1893,  the  Regiment  had  1,078 
marksmen,  and  174  sharpshooters.  On  Oct.  21, 
the  Regiment,  as  a  part  of  the  First  Brigade, 
benefitted  bv  another  field  dav  at  Van  Cortlandt 
Park. 

In  Jan.  1894,  the  Rev.  Dr.  David  H.  Greer, 
now  Bishop,  assumed  the  duties  of  Chaplain  of 
the  Regiment,  having  been  appointed  to  succeed 
the  Rev.  John  R.  Paxton,  resigned.  In  Febru- 
ary, Co.  F  won  the  Kemp  Trophy,  the  Oldenburg 
Horn ;  the  clean  score  of  Cpl.  O.  M.  Beach,  Jr., 
of  "ten  bulls"  was  the  first  of  its  kind  in  any 
inter-company  armory  match ;  new  records  were 
established  at  the  distances,  200  yards  and  500 
yards,  and  for  the  totals  of  5^3,  565  and  1,098. 
On  March  31,  the  Regiment  escorted  the  71st 
Regt.  to  its  new  Armory — this  was  the  sixth  joint 
parade  of  these  two  friendly  regiments,  the  first 
being  in  1858.    At  inspection.  May  7,  there  were 


present,  1,033;  absent  9;  total  1,042;  percentage 
99,130.  Co.  F,  for  the  eighth  consecutive  year, 
reported  103,  or  100  per  cent.,  present.  On 
April  21,  the  Regiment's  Baseball  team  went  to 
West  Point  and  defeated  the  Cadets'  nine  by 
a  score  of  8  to  6;  the  first  game  and  victory  for 
the  Regiment's  team  against  another  military  or- 
ganization. On  Sept.  13,  at  Creedmoor,  the  Sev- 
enth's team  after  winning  the  First  Brigade 
Match,  with  the  record-breaking  score  of  999, 
surprised  its  friends  by  losing  the  State  Match. 
The  Regiment's  gain  of  sharpshooters  in  1894 
was  103.  On  Monday,  Jan.  14,  1895,  the  crews 
of  all  the  cars  on  the  Brooklyn  Electric  Street 
Railway  lines  struck,  and  as  violence  soon  fol- 
lowed, on  Jan.  19,  Mayor  Charles  A.  Schieren,  of 
Brooklyn,  called  upon  the  Second  Brigade  con- 
taining the  Brooklyn  organizations,  and  on  Sun- 
day, Jan.  20,  the  Governor  ordered  out  the  First 
Brigade,  and  the  Seventh  started  to  do  "strike 
duty"  in  Brooklyn,  on  Jan.  20,  where  for  a  week 
the  Regiment  obeyed  all  orders  to  the  letter,  met 
all  opposition  courageously,  and  were  accredited 
by  all  with  model  discipline.  This,  the  most  im- 
portant industrial  disturbance  within  the  limits  of 
Greater  New  York,  is  a  matter  of  recent  history 
of  Brooklyn  and  Manhattan,  and  cannot  be  de- 
scribed in  detail.  On  May  15,  at  annual  inspec- 
tion the  innovation  was  the  appearance  of  the 
Regiment  in  full  dress  uniform.  But  ten  men 
were  absent.  On  Saturday,  May  4,  the  Regiment 
paraded  in  the  ceremonies  attending  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  Washington  Arch.  On  May  25, 
the  Regiment's  Baseball  team  again  invaded  West 
Point,  and  won  the  game  against  the  Cadets  by 
a  score  of  it  to  9.    On  June  22,  to  June  29,  the 


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Regiment  experienced  its  seventh  tour  of  camp 
duty  at  Peekskill.  The  promotion  and  election 
of  Lt.-Col.  George  Moore  Smith,  to  the  Colon- 
elcy of  the  69th  Regt.,  in  September,  resulted  in 
the  promotion  of  Maj.  William  H.  Kipp,  to  the 
grade  of  Lieutenant-Colonel ;  he  had  served  the 
Regiment  faithfully  for  thirty-eight  years.  On 
Oct.  4,  Capt.  Augustus  W.  Conover,  of  Co.  A 
was  elected  Major  to  succeed  Maj.  Kipp.  Dur- 
ing 1895,  Color  Sergeant  Peter  D.  Braisted 
passed  his  fiftieth  anniversary  of  "serving  with 
the  colors"  in  the  Regiment.  Late  in  1895,  a 
new  rifle  range  in  the  armory  was  practically 
completed. 

In  January,  1897,  the  Regiment  had  a  new 
bandmaster,  Ernest  Neyer,  (vice  Walter  B. 
Rogers),  whose  services  began  the  following 
month.  On  Jan.  23,  the  Regiment's  officers  com- 
plimented Col.  Appleton  with  a  banquet  at  Del- 
monico's  to  signalize  his  completion  of  twenty- 
five  years  of  service  in  the  Regiment.  The  re- 
view of  the  Regiment  on  Feb.  15,  at  the  armory, 
was  marked  by  the  oresentation  to  Col.  Appleton 
of  the  Cross  of  Honor,  for  his  "long  and  faith- 
ful service."  The  trip  of  the  Regiment  to  Boston 
to  parade  in  the  ceremonies  attending  the  unveil- 
ing, on  May  31,  of  the  monument  to  Col.  Robert 
Gould  Shaw,  a  graduate  of  the  7th,  Co.  F,  and  the 
hero  of  Fort  Wagner,  was  the  greatest  event  of 
1897.  At  inspection,  April  16,  there  were  present 
1,044;  absent  6;  total  1,050,  or  99.43  per  cent., 
the  Regt's.  best  showing.  The  Grant  Memorial 
parade  on  April  27,  of  which  the  Regiment  was 
a  feature,  was  one  of  the  finest  military  pageants 
ever  witnessed  in  New  York.  On  May  22,  the 
Regiment  was  reviewed  by  Gen.  Wesley  Merritt, 
U.  S.  A.,  commanding  the  Department  of  the 
East;  the  review  was  in  Lenox  Avenue,  from 
iioth  to  ii6th  Sts.  On  May  29,  for  the  first 
time  in  four  years,  the  Regiment's  Baseball  team 
was  beaten  by  the  Cadets  at  West  Point ;  score 
2  to  o.  June  19  to  26,  the  Regiment  was  engaged 
in  its  tour  of  duty  at  the  State  camp  at  Peekskill. 
The  practical  experience  derived  from  "field 
days"  again  on  Oct.  9,  benefitted  the  Regiment. 
In  the  fall  of  1897,  ist  Lt.  Walter  S.  Wilson,  of 
Co.  E,  retired,  after  thirty  years  of  continuous 
active  service  in  the  Regiment,  where  he  had  been 
an  important  factor  in  athletic  and  other  regi- 
mental interests.  Lt.  Wilson  was  No.  7  on  the 
Roll  of  Honor  for  long  and  faithful  service. 
Brig.-Gen.  Loviis  Fitzgerald  resigned  command 
of  the  First  Brigade,  Dec.  30,   1897. 

Early  in  1898,  as  a  sequence  of  Cuba's  re- 
bellion against  Spain  and  the  destruction  of  our 
naval  vessel,  the  IJ.  S.  Ship  Maine,  in  the  harbor 
of  Havana,  war  between  Spain  and  the  United 
States  became  imminent,  and  eventually  a  reality. 
The  Seventh  Regiment  was  at  all  times  anx- 
ious and  ready  to  serve,  and  its  services,  with- 
out anv  restrictions,  were  offered  to   President 


McKinley  two  days  before  war  was  declared; 
being  as  promptly  and  as  freely  offered  as  they 
were  in  1861  ;  but  it  was  neither  called  upon  nor 
given  an  opportunity  to  serve,  although  efforts 
were  made  by  three  corps  or  division  command- 
ers of  United  States  forces  to  have  it  attached  to 
their  commands.  About  250  of  the  Seventh's 
officers  and  members  served  with  distinction  in 
various  volunteer  or  regular  army  regiments,  and 
also  subsequently  in  Porto  Rico  and  in  the  far 
East.  By  request  of  the  Adjutant  General  of  the 
State,  Col.  Appleton  named  as  Major  for  the  new 
20ist  New  York  Volunteers,  the  late  Maj. 
George  W.  Rand,  then  Captain  of  Co.  F,  and  also 
eleven  others  of  the  Seventh's  officers  and  mem- 
bers for  staiif  or  line  officers. 

The  Spanish-American  War  ended  on  August 
12,  by  proclamation  of  President  McKinley;  the 
first  call  for  volunteers  was  issued  April  23 ; 
war  was  declared  by  Congress  to  exist  on  April 
21,  and  lasted  113  days.  On  Dec.  7,  1898,  the 
Regiment  was  reviewed  at  the  armory  bv  Brig.- 
Gen.  William  S.  Worth ;  it  was  one  of  the  most 
interesting  occasions  of  its  kind  in  the  Regi- 
ment's history. 

An  unusual  local  event  in  the  annals  of  martial 
music  was  a  concert,  March  2=;,  1899,  in  the 
armory  by  Lt.  Dan  Godfrey's  British  Guards 
Band  and  the  7th  Regt.  Band,  led  by  Sgt. 
Ernest  Neyer.  On  April  10,  the  Regiment  was 
inspected  at  the  armory ;  i  ,009  present ;  absent, 
10.  The  Regiment  participated  in  the  Mem- 
orial Day  parade.  May  30,  for  the  first  time  in 
several  years.  On  June  3,  the  Cadets  at  West 
Point  rejoiced  over  the  victory  achieved  by  their 
ball  players  in  defeating  the  Regiment's  Base- 
ball team  by  the  score  of  9  to  5.  The  Regiment's 
tour  of  camp  duty,  June  17-24,  at  Peekskill,  was 
characterized  by  march-outs  of  the  two  battalions 
and  other  innovations.  On  Tuesday,  June  6, 
at  Mendelssohn  Hall  the  revived  Seventh  Regi- 
ment Glee  Club,  under  the  leadership  of  Charles 
B.  Hawley,  gave  a  successful  concert.  On  June 
10,  Capt.  George  B.  Rhoads  of  Co.  E  died  as  a  re- 
sult of  a  trolley  car  accident  on  the  previous  day. 
In  July  1889,' Adjt.  D.  W.  C.  Falls  and  Capt. 
Francis  G.  Landon,  representing  the  Seventh, 
were  entertained  by  and  through  Sir 
Charles  Howard  Vincent,  Lieutenant-Colonel  of 
the  Queen's  Westminster  Volunteers,  in  Lon- 
don, England.  Sgt.  Ernest  Neyer,  leader  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment  Band,  died  on  August  30. 
The  Regiment  was  a  part  of  the  memorable  par- 
ade in  honor  of  Admiral  George  Dewey,  on  Sept. 
30,  having  the  right  line  of  the  Fifth  Brigade. 
At  Creedmoor,  Sept.  14  and  15,  the  Regiment 
won  both  the  State  and  Brigade  Trophies  and  Co. 
F's  team  won  the  Adjutant-General's  match. 
Oct.  27,  1899,  Brig.-Gen.'  Guy  V.  Henry,  U.  S. 
A.,  one  of  the  best  and  staunchest  of  friends  of 
the  Regiment,  died  at  his  home  in  this  City — the 


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The  Seventh  Regiment  Armory  on  Park  Avenue, 


Regiment    marched    in    his    funeral    procession. 

The  first  regimental  parade  and  review  of 
1900  was  held  on  Feb.  6,  at  the  Armory  in  honor 
of  Col.  Albert  Mills,  Superintendent  at  West 
Point;  it  also  was  the  first  appearance  of  George 
L.  Humphrey  as  leader  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
Band.  The  year  1900  was  memorable  in  the  local 
history  of  the  National  Guard  for  the  labor 
riots  at  the  Croton  Dam,  and  the  Regiment's  tour 
of  "strike  duty"  there  from  April  16  to  24,  inclu- 
sive. At  the  Memorial  Day  parade,  May  30,  the 
new  blouses,  issued  early  in  the  year  by  the 
State,  were  worn  publicly  for  the  first  time.  On 
June  9,  the  ball  team  of  the  Cadets  at  West  Point 
defeated  the  Regiment's  nine  by  a  score  of  5  to  4. 
On  Sept.  14,  at  Creedmoor,  the  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral's Cup,  and  Governor's  Trophy  were  won 
by  the  Regiment's  team.  At  annual  inspection 
Nov.  13,  1900,  but  eleven  men  were  absent  of  the 
I, OCX)  enrolled  in  the  Regiment. 

The  Regiment  was  reviewed  Jan.  31,  1901,  at 
the  armory  by  Governor  Odell.  In  a  speech  the 
Governor  warmly  praised  the  Seventh  and  en- 
dorsed and  defended  its  method  of  volunteering 
for  the  Spanish-American  War.  On  March  10, 
Maj.  James  Clark  Abrams  died  as  a  result  of  a 
cold  contracted  during  the  strike  duty  at  Croton 
Dam ;  he  had  served  with  distinction  in  the 
Regiment  over  forty  years.  In  April  Capt. 
Charles  E.  Lydecker,  of  Co.  H  was  elected  to 
succeed  him.  The  Regiment  was  reviewed  on 
April  24,  at  the  armory  by  Maj. -Gen.  John  R. 
Brooks,  U.  S.  A.,  commanding  the  Department 
of  the  East.    On  May  11,  at  Annapolis,  the  Base- 


ball team  of  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academ\-  defeated 
the  Seventh's  team  by  a  score  of  4  to  I. 

Th  Regiment's  tour  of  Camp  duty  at  Peekskill, 
with  march-outs  for  the  battalions,  was  June 
15  to  22,  inclusive.  The  Regiment's  Baseball 
team  defeated  the  West  Point  Cadets  on  June  8, 
bv  a  score  of  7  to  2.  On  Tulv  i,  bv  a  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  the  First  and  Fifth 
Brigades  were  disbanded,  and  the  Seventh  came 
into  a  new  First  Brigade,  commanded  by  Brig.- 
Gen.  George  Moore  Smith.  In  September  the 
Regiment  sustained  a  loss  through  the  death  of 
Maj.  Augustus  W.  Conover :  a  highlv  valued 
officer.  Oct.  25,  Capt.  Willard  C.  Fisk  of  Co.  D 
was  elected  to  succeed  him.  At  inspection, 
Nov.  18,  there  were  present  968,  and  absent  14. 
The  fortieth  games  of  the  Regimental  Athletic 
Ass'n  on  Dec.  7,  were  very  successful.  On 
Dec.  24,  Edward  Kemp,  ex-Co.  F,  the  donor  of 
the  Oldenburg  Horn,  and  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished and  generous  members  of  the  Regi- 
ment, died  at  his  residence  in  this  City.  On 
December  26,  Gen.  Emmons  Clark,  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Health,  was  retired  on  a  pension. 

In  the  figures  of  the  Adjutant-General's  of- 
fice for  the  season  of  1900-01  the  Seventh  led 
all  other  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  organizations  in  record 
of  attendance  with  a  percentaee  of  91.68. 
The  first  review  of  1902  was  on  January  31st, 
before  Brig.  Gen.  William  A.  Kobbe,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Seventh  who  joined  Co.  K  in  1862 
and  served  with  the  Seventh's  colors  in  its 
second  and  third  campaigns  of  the  Civil  War. 
For   the   Regiment,    Col.   Appleton   presented 


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s&m^^^^^i 


Gen.  Kobbe  with  a  sword.  Early  in  1902  a 
Seventh  Regt.  Rough  Riders'  Class  of  fifty 
members  was  organized,  exercising  in  Dur- 
land's  Riding  Academy.  Maj.  Gen.  Roe  on 
March  5th  reviewed  the  Regiment.  Veterans 
and  members  of  the  Regiment  on  the  roll  of 
the  New  York  Athletic  Club  on  February  ist 
enjoyed  their  first  annual  dinner  at  the  Club. 
Col.  William  L.  Watson,  ex-Colonel  of  the 
Thirteenth  Regiment,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  and  an  ex- 
member  of  the  Seventh,  died  April  5th.  Other 
distinguished  ex-members  of  the  Regiment 
who  died  in  1902  were  Gen.  Livingstone  Sat- 
terlee,  died  April  2d,  and  Gen.  Egbert  L.  Viele, 
April  22d,  who  in  1861  and  1862  commanded 
the  Seventh's  Tenth  Company.  On  April  25th 
the  Regiment  was  reviewed  by  Mayor  Seth 
Low.  The  Regiment's  Baseball  team,  on  May 
7th,  at  Annapolis,  defeated  the  nine  of  the 
Naval  Cadets  by  a  score  of  10  to  7.  The  Regi- 
ment paraded  on  Decoration  Day  and  on  May 
27th  in  the  Division  parade  which  received  the 
delegates  from  France  to  the  unveiling  at 
Washington  of  the  monument  to  Count  Roch- 
ambeau.  At  Creedmoor,  May  14th  and  15th, 
the  Regiment  qualified  as  marksmen  900  out 
of  901  men  who  were  present.  On  Decoration 
Day  the  Cadets  at  West  Point  defeated  the 
Seventh's  Baseball  nine  by  a  score  of  7  to  2. 
The  event  of  1902  with  the  Seventh  was  its 
trip  to  Gettysburg;  there  on  Sept.  19th,  in  a 
parade  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and 
National  Guard  organizations,  the  Seventh  was 
the  guard  of  honor  to  Governor  Odell  of  New 
York,  Governor  Stone  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
Governor  Murphy  of  New  Jersey.  On  Decem- 
ber i6th  at  inspection  there  were  present  997; 
absent  7 ;  total  1004. 

The  first  review  of  1903  was  on  Jan.  30th 
by  Adjt.  Gen.  Henry.  By  signing,  on  Jan.  21st, 
a  new  militia  bill,  introduced  in  the  House  of 
Representatives  by  Gen.  Charles  Dick  of  Ohio, 
and  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  by  Senator  Joseph  R. 
Hawley  of  Connecticut,  President  Roosevelt 
concluded  an  effort  prolonged  for  years  to  re- 
duce the  nation's  militia — then  of  115,000  men 
— to  a  standard,  and,  to  an  extent,  a  homogen- 
eous institution  with  a  recognized  co-relation 
to  the  regular  military  establishment.  The 
high  plane  already  attained  by  the  N.  Y.,  N.  G., 
caused  it  to  be  less  afifected  by  the  new  law's 
provisions  than  the  militia  of  other  states.  The 
total  strength  of  the  N.  Y.,  N.  G.,  September 
3th,  1902,  was  14,431.  General  Ferdinand  P. 
Earle,  an  ex-member  of  the  Seventh,  died  Jan. 
3rd.  Maj.  Gen.  Adna  R.  Chaflfee,  U.  S.  A., 
commanding  the  Department  of  the  East,  on 
March  3d  reviewed  the  Regiment  at  the  ar- 
mory. A  review  on  April  15th  by  Senator 
Chauncey  M.  Depew  was  an  unusually  inter- 
esting occasion.    The  "middies"  at  Annapolis, 


on  April  loth,  in  a  baseball  game  defeated  the 
Regiment's  nine  by  a  score  of  8  to  i.  The 
Regiment's  tour  of  camp  duty,  June  20th  to 
27th  inclusive,  was  memorable  for  its  almost 
unchanging  conditions  of  cold,  rain,  mud  and 
misery.  On  Decoration  Day  the  Regiment's 
ball  team  at  West  Point  defeated  the  cadets' 
nine  by  a  score  of  2  to  o.  The  Memorial  Day 
parade  of  1903  was  marked  by  the  unveiling  of 
Augustus  St.  Gaudens'  statue  of  Gen.  William 
T.  Sherman  in  the  Plaza,  Fifth  Avenue  and 
Fifty-ninth  St.  The  forty-fourth  games  of  the 
Regiment's  Athletic  Association,  December 
5th,  were  unusually  successful;  six  regimental 
records  were  broken.  At  Creedmoor,  1903, 
the  Regiment  qualified  1007  marksmen,  279 
sharpshooters,  70  experts  and  35  distinguished 
experts. 

Maj.  George  W.  Rand,  201st  N.  Y.  V.  in  the 
Spanish-American  War,  and  for  nearly  ten 
years  commander  of  Co.  F,  died  suddenly  on 
Jan.  19th,  1904;  his  death  was  the  cause  of 
great  grief  to  all  in  the  Regiment.  At  inspec- 
tion, Jan.  18th,  there  were  present  967;  absent 
11;  total  978.  The  Regiment  was  reviewed 
on  Jan.  29th  by  Maj  .-Gen.  Henry  C.  Corbin, 
U.  S.  A.,  commanding  the  Department  of  the 
East.  On  Feb.  loth  Maj. -Gen.  Daniel  E.  Sick- 
les, U.  S.  A.,  reviewed  the  Regiment ;  a  feature 
was  Gen.  Sickles'  speech  in  presenting  for  the 
family  of  the  late  Col.  John  W.  French,  22nd 
U.  S.  Inf.,  and  a  graduate  of  Co.  F,  a  portrait 
of  Col.  French  to  the  Regiment.  On  March 
24th  the  Regiment  was  reviewed  by  Mayor 
George  B.  McClellan.  The  celebration  by  the 
Regiment's  Veterans  on  April  19th,  1904,  of 
the  anniversary  of  the  Seventh's  departure  for 
war  in  1861  was  participated  in  by  the  Regi- 
ment's active  members :  a  feature  was  the  ap- 
pearance of  and  an  address  from  ex-Lieut- 
Todd,  "the  oldest  living  member,"  who  joined 
the  Regiment — then  the  27th — in  1841.  Cadet 
ball  players  at  Annapolis,  on  May  8th,  defeated 
the  Regiment's  team  by  a  score  of  10  to  2.  On 
May  nth  a  tie  game  of  baseball — score  4  to 
4 — was  played  with  the  cadets  at  West  Point. 
At  Creedmoor  in  August  the  Regiment's  rifle- 
men won  the  First  Brigade  match  and  the  Ma- 
jor General's  skirmish  match  with  the  best 
score  on  record ;  the  Regiment  was  second  in 
both  the  State  and  Adjutant  General's  matches. 
The  event  of  1904  was  the  review  of.  the 
Regiment,  Oct.  6th,  by  Colonel  Sir  Howard 
Vincent,  for  twenty  years  colonel  of  the 
Queen's  Westminster  Volunteers.  Sir  Howard 
announced  the  oflfer  by  the  Q.  W.  V.  of  a  sil- 
ver shield  for  an  annual  international  competi- 
tion in  rifle  shooting  between  the  Seventh  and 
the  Queen's  Westminster  Volunteers.  On  Oct. 
19th  the  Regiment  formed  part  of  the  escort 
in  the  military  funeral  of  Brig.-Gen.  William 


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Scott  Worth,  U.  S.  A.  (retired)  who  died  Oct. 
i6th,  in  accordance  with  General  Worth's 
wish.  The  friendship  between  Gen.  Worth 
and  the  Seventh  had  been  warm  and  long. 

The  fifteenth  year  of  Col.  Appleton's  ser- 
vice as  Commander  of  the  Seventh  was  cele- 
brated happily  on  Jan.  24th,  1905,  at  the  Ar- 
mory, in  the  presence,  it  was  estimated,  of 
about  ten  thousand  people.  Upon  this  occa- 
sion the  equestrian  portrait  of  Colonel  Apple- 
ton,  painted  by  Richard  Creifelds,  for  the  first 
time  was  exhibited.  Lt.-Col.  Kipp,  for  the 
Regiment,  presented  Col.  Appleton  with  a  uni- 
que and  artistic  memorial  autograph  album 
containing  the  signatures  of  all  the  active 
members  of  the  Regiment.  At  its  annual  in- 
spection the  Regiment  reported  present  989; 
absent  9;  total  998;  percentage  99.09.  Col. 
Frederick  A.  Smith,  8th  U.  S.  Inf.,  stationed 
at  Governor's  Island,  on  Feb.  17th  reviewed 
the  Seventh.  On  March  2d  ex-Captain  William 
C.  Casey,  of  Co.  I,  died.  Capt.  Casey  was  one 
of  the  best  line  officers  of  the  Seventh's  many. 
On  April  24th  ex-Adjt.  George  J.  Weaver  died. 
The  departure  of  the  Regiment  for  the  front  in 
1861  was  celebrated  on  April  26th,  1905,  by  a 
memorable  reunion  of  Veterans,  Actives  and 
guests  at  the  Hotel  Astor.  Brevet  Maj.-Gen. 
George  Moore  Smith,  on  April  loth,  reviewed 
the  Regiment.  The  Regiment's  appearance  on 
May  9th  and  nth  at  Creedmoor  was  signalized 
by  Co.  C  breaking  Creedmoor  records  in  the 
skirmish  firing — an  average  of  40.02  made  by 
90  men ;  75  per  cent,  of  all  shots  fired  hitting 
the  target.  On  May  13th  the  cadets  at  West 
Point  defeated  the  Seventh's  baseball  team  by 
a  score  of  9  to  i.  The  Regiment's  tour  of  camp 
duty  at  Peekskill,  June  10-17  inclusive,  was  re- 
membered as  both  beneficial  and  pleasant. 
July  1905  was  the  month  of  the  Regimental 
Rifle  team's  memorable  visit  to  the  Queen's 
Westminster  Volunteers  and  the  international 
match  which  was  won  by  our  English  hosts 
by  a  score  of  1490  to  1480.  The  hospitality  and 
social  pleasures  heaped  upon  the  Regiment's 
representatives  exceeded  anything  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Regiment.  On  August  9th  died 
General  Emmons  Clark,  for  twenty-five  years, 
1859-84,  the  commander  and  also  the  able  and 
faithful  historian  of  the  Regiment.  General 
Clark  was  buried  with  full  military  honors  by 
the  Regiment  on  Aug.  12th  in  Trinity  Ceme- 
tery. At  Creedmoor,  Aug.  3,  4  and  5,  the  Regi- 
ment's riflemen  won  the  State,  the  Brigade  and 
the  Major-General's  matches.  In  Oct.  the 
Seventh  Regiment  Gazette  started  its  twen- 
tieth volume  ;  Vol.  i.  No.  i,  was  published  Dec. 
4th,  1886.  The  Regiment's  Athletic  games, 
December  i6th,  were  successful  and  on  Dec. 
i6th  there  was  an  interesting  dual  athletic 
meeting  between  the  Seventh  and  23d  regiments 


the    late    color-sgt.     peter    braisted,    who 

"served  with  the  colors"  for  over 

fifty  years. 

at  the  latter's  armory  in  Brooklyn. 

The  history  of  the  Regiment  in  its  centen- 
nial year — 1906 — can  be  briefly  written,  for  at 
the  date  of  writing,  its  Centennial  celebration 
and  the  coming  visit  and  return  match  of  the 
rifle  team  of  the  Queen's  Westminster  Volun- 
teers are  yet  to  come.  Governor  Higgins  on 
Jan.  i2th,  1906,  reviewed  the  Regiment  and  it 
was  inspected  Jan.  30th  by  Col.  J.  Wray  Cleve- 
land for  the  State,  and  Capt.  Bishop,  U.  S.  A., 
for  the  War  Department ;  there  were  present 
978 ;  absent  6 ;  total  984.  In  average  attendance 
at  drills  in  January  of  its  centennial  year,  the 
Seventh  led  the  regiments  of  the  N.  G.,  N.  Y., 
its  percentage,  94.  Brevet  Second  Lieut.  John 
M.  Smith,  long  a  Drum  Major  of  the  Regiment 
and  a  veteran  of  the  Seminole  and  Civil  wars, 
died  March  4th.  Co.  E  was  the  escort  in  the 
military  honors  due  his  rank  at  his  funeral, 
March  8th.  The  Regiment  during  the  Spring 
of  1906  was  preoccupied  with  preparations  for 
its  Centennial  Celebration. 


The  History  of  the  Uniform  of  the  7  th  Regiment 

from  1806-1906    . 


By  Captain  D.  W.  C.  Falls. 


When  the  first  four  companies  of  what  is  now 
the  7th  Reg't  were  organized  in  1806  as  a 
battahon  of  artillery,  they  were  equipped  in  the 
uniform  for  state  troops  of  that  branch  of  the 
service.  With  our  present-day  regulations,  in 
which  every  item  of  the  uniform  and  equipment 
is  given  with  the  greatest  detail,  the  bill  of  dress 
as  published  in  those  days  seems  a  most  casual 
sort  of  an  afTair.  The  state  regulations  simply 
prescribed  the  following,  apparently  leaving  the 
details  to  be  arranged  between  the  recruit  and 
his  tailor:  "A  blue  artillery  coat  with  artillery 
buttons,  red  trimmings.  A  cocked  hat  with  tall 
white  feather,  and  white  vest  and  trousers." 

In  18 12,  the  battalion  was  attached  to  the  nth 
Reg't  of  Artillery,  but  no  change  was  made  in 
the  uniform  until  1814,  when  the  following  order 
was  issued  on  Oct.  12th:  "In  future  on  all  dress 
parades,  the  battalion  with  field-pieces  will  appear 
in  blue  pantaloons  and  regulation  artillery  coat, 
hat  and  plume,  and  the  battalion  with  small  arms 
with  white  pantaloons.    Coat,  hat,  etc.,  as  above." 

On  Feb.  13th,  1815,  a  complete  change  was 
made  and  an  entire  new  uniform  adopted  for  the 
nth  Reg't.  The  hat  was  known  as  the  "Yeo- 
man" style,  "jYz  inches  high,  made  of  leather 
bound  with  brass  and  very  heavy.  It  was  elab- 
orately trimmed  with  yellow  cord  braided  and 
festooned  with  tassels  on  the  right  side.  The 
artillery  blue  coat  was  retained,  but  modernized 
in  cut  and  long  boots  were  worn  outside  the  white 
or  blue  pantaloons.  On  May  29th,  1821,  the  pan- 
taloons were  ordered  to  be  worn  over  the  boots 
instead  of  inside,  in  accordance  with  the  unani- 
mous wish  of  the  Regiment.  The  commanding 
officer.  Colonel  Benedict,  was  much  opposed  to 
this  innovation,  and  at  the  end  of  the  order  gives 
as  his  reason,  "that  such  a  change  will  not  have 
the  same  martial  and  soldier-like  appearance  as 
the  present." 

In  1822,  a  new  and  more  attractive  uniform 
was  talked  of,  and  the  discussions  and  difiference 
of  opinion  on  this  subject  were'  the  cause  of  the 
movement  which  finally  resulted  in  the  with- 
drawal from  the  nth  Reg't  of  the  2nd  Bat- 
talion and  the  organization  of  the  Battalion  of 
National  Guards.  The  old  uniform  was  worn  on 
the  start,  until  an  accident  gave  to  the  organiza- 
tion its  gray  uniform,  the  color  and  general  cut  of 
which  is  still  retained.  On  the  morning  of  a 
parade  for  the  reception  of  Lafayette,  in  August, 
1824,  Sergeant  Philetus  H.  Holt'of  the  4th  Com- 
pany left  his  residence  and  proceeded  through 
the  streets  to  procure  his  uniform  coat,  which 
had  been  sent  on  the  previous  day  for  some  re- 


pairs to  his  tailor  in  Franklin  Square.  He  was 
dressed  for  parade  (with  the  exception  of  the 
coat)  in  the  old  full-dress  uniform  of  the  nth 
Regiment  (white  trousers,  white  cross-belts,  hat 
and  plume).  Sergeant  Holt  was  a  flour  merchant 
and  the  business  coat  he  wore,  which  he  intended 
to  exchange  upon  arriving  at  the  tailors,  was- 
of  gray  cloth  with  metal  buttons  and  short  skirts, 
made  to  fit  closely  and  button  high — being  in  all 
respects  admirably  adapted  for  military  pur- 
poses. As  he  passed  the  store  c^f  Major  Prosper 
M.  Wetmore,  he  encountered  that  gentleman 
with  some  other  officers,  who  were  at  once  at- 
tracted by  the  neat  and  novel  appearance  of  th& 
garment.  He  was  halted,  and  the  coat  under- 
went a  rigid  and  critical  inspection.  With  this 
business  coat  as  a  pattern,  a  gray  military  coat 
was  made ;  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  new  battalion 
at  the  Shakespeare  Tavern,  on  Aug.  30,  1824, 
it  was  received  with  great  favor  and  without  a 
dissenting  voice  was  adopted  as  the  future  uni- 
form of  the  National  Guards. 

Further  changes  were  made  in  a  new  bell- 
crowned  hat  with  the  cipher  N.  G.  on  the  fronts 
and  the  cross-belts  were  done  away  with.  A 
body-belt  of  white  webbing  was  adopted,  with  the 
cartridge  box  and  bayonet  sheath  suspended 
therefrom.  White  cotton-duck  trousers  were  al- 
ways worn,  and  in  a  newspaper  account  of  the 
Evacuation  Day  celebration  in  November,  1825, 
it  speaks  of  the  severe  cold,  and  the  suflfering  of 
the  troops  who  paraded  in  white  trousers  and 
without  overcoats.  The  battalion  was  raised  to 
a  regiment  in  May,  1826,  and  given  the  number 
27.  and  a  new  bill  of  dress  was  published  by  the 
Board  of  Officers. 

Little  change  was  made  in  the  general  style 
and  color,  but  for  the  first  time  great  care  was 
taken  to  explain  every  detail,  so  that  in  future 
there  might  be  absolute  uniformity  of  cut  and 
finish.  A  great  innovation  was  the  uniforming 
of  the  surgeons  the  same  as  the  other  stafif  offi- 
cers of  the  regiment.  Previous  to  this,  the  medi- 
cal officers  had  always  had  a  distinctive  uniform, 
and  there  was  much  criticism  over  the  new  de- 
parture. In  August,  1826,  a  newspaper  account 
of  a  detachment  of  the  regiment  going  to  Stuy- 
vesant  Creek  for  target  practice,  speaks  of  their 
appearing  for  the  first  time  in  the  new  gray  un- 
dress cap,  white  pantaloons  and  vest,  and  white 
roundabouts  or  shell-jackets.  The  cap  was  re- 
tained, but  no  mention  is  made  again  in  any  of 
the  bills  of  dress  of  the  white  roundabouts. 

At    a    special    meeting    held    Nov.    14,    1829,. 
a  proposition  to  procure  gray  trousers  was  agi- 


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tated.  There  was  much  opposition,  and  a  motion 
to  adopt  them  for  the  next  inspection  was  lost, 
but  permission  was  granted  to  those  who  desired 
to  wear  the  gray  trousers  to  do  so.  What  the  ef- 
fect was  with  this  freedom  of  individual  ideas 
as  to  the  proper  trousers  to  be  worn,  there  is  no 
record.  The  regulations  at  this  period  as  to  the 
wearing  of  uniforms  appear  to  have  been  very 
lax.  It  is  a  noticeable  fact  that  nearly  all  the 
■drills  ordered  during  the  year  1829  were  in  citi- 
zen's dress  or  a  mixture  of  the  civic  and  military 
and  the  following  extract  from  an  order  shows 
that  even  parades  were  made  in  this  manner : 

"27th  Reg't  N.  Y.  State  Artillery, 
New  York,  May  i6th,  1829. 
Regimental  Order. 

This  regiment  will  assemble,  on  Thursday, 
the  23rd  inst.,  at  4  P.  M.,  at  Washington  Parade 
Ground,  in  citizen's  dress  with  cap  and  pompon. 
Officers  and  Sergeant-Major  will  wear  side-arms. 
All  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  will 
appear  with  musket,  bayonet-belt  and  cartridge- 
box. 

By  order  of  L.  Hart,  Colonel.  v 

W.  P.  Millard,  Adjutant." 
The  idea  was   economy  and  the  saving  of  the 
uniforms  for  gala  occasions,  but  the  records  show 
th'at  it  was  never  popular  with  the  officers  and 
men  of  the  Regiment. 

In  March,  1829,  the  8th  Co.  selected  a  belt- 
plate  with  the  initials  N.  G.  EIGHT.  This  style 
of  plate  was  subsequently  adopted  by  the  other 
companies  and  worn  by  the  Regiment  until,  by 
the  adoption  of  the  name  National  Guard  by  the 
entire  militia  of  the  State  in  1862,  it  became 
necessary  to  substitute  the  letter  of  the  company 
upon  the  belt-plate.  In  December,  1829,  the  8th 
Co.,  dissatisfied  with  the  individual  ideas  as  to 
the  wearing  of  gray  trousers,  made  it  compul- 
sory for  all  members  to  procure  them,  and  thev 
were  soon  followed  by  the  other  companies  and 
the  gray  trousers  became  a  part  of  the  uniform 
of  the  Regiment.  In  June,  1831,  the  Bill  of 
Dress  was  revised  by  a  committee  and  approved 
as  amended.  The  changes  were  immaterial,  ex- 
•cept  in  the  following  cases :  As  the  members  fur- 
nished their  own  arms,  and  as  the  muskets  of  the 
Regiment  were  therefore  of  divers  patterns,  the 
new  Bill  of  Dress  ordered  that  "all  muskets  other 
than  the  U.  S.  pattern  be  excluded  for  any  who 
may  hereafter  become  members."  Provision  was 
also  made  for  a  knapsack,  but  there  were  two 
patterns  allowed.  Companies  had  their  choice, 
"but  every  member  of  the  same  company  had  to 
•conform  to  the  style  adopted  by  that  company. 

During  the  year  1834,  there  was  much  agita- 
tion on  the  uniform  question.  Companies  wero 
allowed  to  adopt  special  articles  of  dress  and 
■equipment,  and  then  would  try  to  have  the  other 
•companies    do    the    same  .     In    July    the    4th 


Co.  adopted  a  drooping  white  plume,  to  be 
worn  on  company  parades,  and  also  a  gray 
fatigue  cap  copied  from  the  French.  The  7th 
Co.  had  a  gray  fatigue  jacket.  There  was  such  a 
difference  now  in  many  of  the  details  of  equip- 
ment, that  the  6th  Co.  requested  a  general  com- 
mittee of  conference  on  the  subject  of  changes 
in  the  Bill  of  Dress.  The  committee  used  to  as- 
semble at  Stoneall's  Shakespeare  Tavern,  but  its 
meetings  were  far  from  harmonious  and  it  was 
not  until  1835  that  the  new  revised  Bill  of  Dress 
was  published. 

The  dress  uniform  as  then  adopted  is  the 
same  with  some  slight  additions  and  alterations 
as  worn  by  the  Regiment  to-day.  The  full-dress 
hat  prescribed  of  course  is  different,  and  all  field 
and  staff  officers  wore  cocked  hats  with  white 
cock-feather  plumes  8  inches  high.  Under  arms 
and  accoutrements  we  find  that  men  must  be  pro- 
vided with  "priming  wire  and  brush,"  "a  leather 
stock  should  be  worn  under  the  collar;"  that  "N. 
C.  officers  should  have  a  gilt  star  on  the  top  of 
each  epaulette  to  distinguish  them,"  and  "all  staff 
'ifefficers  wear  aigulettes  of  gold  on  the  right 
shoulder,  and  the  N.  C.  S.  aigulettes  of  black  and 
white  cord  on  the  left  shoulder."  All  these  have 
been  abolished  as  changes  have  become  neces- 
sary to  conform  to  the  designations  of  rank  as 
prescribed  by  the  U.  S.  Regulations. 

Active  measures  were  at  once  instituted  in 
all  the  companies  to  secure  conformity  to  the 
new  Bill  of  Dress,  and  in  less  than  three  months 
the  Regiment  was  prepared  in  the  uniform  as 
prescribed.  In  June,  1836,  the  8th  Co.  adopted 
a  gray  fatigue  cap,  similar  to  the  one  worn  by  the 
4th  Co.,  and  this  cap  was  subsequently  approved 
by  the  whole  Regiment.  In  April,  1837,  the  5th 
Co.  adopted  a  gray  fatigue  jacket,  it  being 
optional  with  the  members  to  procure  it.  In 
November  of  the  same  year,  the  8th  Co.  adopted 
a  different  jacket,  which  subsequently  became  a 
part  of  the  regimental  uniform  and  was  worn 
without  change  until  it  was  abolished  by  the 
Board  of  Officers  in  1900.  In  1839,  the  8th  Co. 
appeared  at  company  parades  in  a  new  style  of 
uniform  hat.  This  hat  was  proposed  for  the 
whole  Regiment,  which  led  to  a  fierce  and  bitter 
controversy.  Four  companies  favored  it  and 
four  were  against  it,  and  it  was  not  until  Febru- 
ary, 1842,  that  it  was  finally  adopted.  At  this 
time  the  cipher  N.  G.  was  presented  by  the  8th 
Co.  to  be  used  for  ornamental  purposes  instead 
of  the  bursting  bomb,  and  this  at  once  was  re- 
ceived with  favor  and  adopted. 

Just  before  these  changes,  there  had  been 
others  agitated.  A  blue  fatigue  coat  and  cap  for 
officers,  a  camp  coat,  and  the  advisability  of  se- 
curing some  kind  of  an  overcoat.  A  special  com- 
mittee was  apppointed  and  though  samples  were 
made  up  and  submitted,  the  time  had  not  arrived 


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for  their  successful  introduction  into  the  Regi- 
ment. 

There  had  been  so  many  changes  in  the 
Bill  of  Dress,  that  in  1843  it  was  again  revised 
and  the  changes  and  additions  mentioned  above 
embodied  in  it.  Though  the  object  of  this  re- 
vision was  to  secure  uniformity,  it  does  not  seem 
that  this  was  entirely  successfully  carried  out 
in  the  new  Bill  of  Dress.  Though  the  greatest 
care  is  taken  to  describe  the  new  fatigue  uni- 
form for  the  officers  and  men  of  the  line,  the 
Field  and  Staff  are  directed  to  wear  "a  fatigue 
uniform  as  determined  on  by  them."  which  led 
to  further  discord  and  the  exploiting  of  indi- 
vidual ideas.  This  continued  for  over  a  year,  and 
in  1844  the  gray  fatigue  jacket  for  line  officers 
was  discarded  and  all  officers  adopted  for  fatigue 
wear  the  blue  frock  coat  and  cap  of  the  United 
States  Army  pattern.  The  dress  hat  as  worn 
by  the  line  of  the  Regiment  was  also  at  this  time 
adopted  by  the  Field  officers  and  Adjutant,  the 
other  members  af  the  Staff  still  retaining  the 
cocked  hat  with  white  plume. 

The  Bill  of  Dress  was  amended  in  the  spring 
of  1846.  As  amended,  all  commissioned  staff 
officers  were  directed  to  wear  the  same  hat  as 
the  Field  and  Line,  except  the  surgeons.  The 
old  ideas  about  surgeons  wearing  a  distinctive 
uniform  still  had  many  firm  supporters  in  the 
Regiment,  and  the  medical  officers  were  com- 
pelled to  retain  the  cocked  hats.  It  was  not  pre- 
scribed "for  all  officers  to  wear  a  black  body-belt 
and  sash  for  fatigue,"  "mounted  officers  a  white 
body-belt  instead  of  a  shoulder  belt,"  and  "Field 
officers  and  Adjutant  to  wear  sabres."  On  July 
27,  1847,  the  27th  Reg't  became  the  7th  Reg't 
but  no  alterations  were  made  in  the  uniform  ex- 
cept the  changing  of  the  number  on  the  dress 
hat: 

Previous  to  1849,  the  belts  of  the  Regiment 
were  of  white  webbing.  In  July  of  that  year 
the  present  white  leather  belts  were  adopted,  as 
well  as  a  new  knapsack  of  the  square  box  pat- 
tern surmounted  with  a  false  roll  to  resemble  a 
blanket.  Belts  and  knapsacks  of  these  patterns 
had  previously  been  adopted  by  the  8th  Co.  and 
worn  at  company  parades  in  1848.  After  many 
unsuccessful  efforts,  the  votes  of  the  necessary 
number  of  companies  were  obtained  in  1850  in 
favor  of  the  adoption  of  an  overcoat  as  part  of 
the  dress.  The  8th  Co.,  which  had  been  a  pioneer 
in  the  movement,  yielded  its  preference  for  a 
loose  coat  as  soon  as  it  was  ascertained  that  the 
majority  favored  a  tight  fitting  one.  The  style 
of  overcoat  as  adopted  then  was  worn  without 
change  until  it  was  discarded  to  take  the  State 
coat  in  1905.  In  1851,  and  again  in  1852,  com- 
mittees had  been  appointed  to  recommend  a  new" 
dress  hat  "more  in  conformity  with  the  State 
Regulations  and  the  prevailing  style."    Nothing 


however  was  accomplished  until  May,  1853, 
when  a  new  hat  which  complied  to  those  con- 
ditions was  adopted. 

In  December,  1854,  there  were  regulations 
issued  as  to  the  wearing  of  the  uniform,  in  which 
there  were  many  peculiarities.  While  sergeants 
were  required  to  wear  both  cross  and  waist-belts 
with  the  overcoat,  for  some  unknown  reason 
privates  were  directed  to  wear  the  cross-belts 
only.  To  use  the  words  of  one  of  the  officers, 
"A  more  complete  arrangement  to  secure  a  slov- 
enly and  unsoldierly  appearance  could  not  be 
imagined."  It  was  also  ordered  that  the  full 
dress  hat  should  be  worn  with  fatigue  uniform  at 
evening  drills,  though  the  men  were  supplied 
with  fatigue  caps.  These  regulations  were  most 
unpopular,  and  as  no  good  reasons  could  be 
given  by  the  Board  of  Officers  for  making  these 
changes,  the  order  was  soon  rescinded.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1856,  the  Regiment  adopted  a  new  fatigue 
cap,  blue  for  the  officers,  gray  for  the  men,  of  the 
French  chasseur  pattern.  In  1859,  a  trifling 
change  was  made  in  it  to  make  it  conform  more 
closely  to  that  worn  by  the  French  army,  and  this 
cap  with  a  slightly  lower  crown  is  still  worn  by 
the  Regiment.  Several  companies  had  been 
using  a  black  body-belt  for  company  drills,  and 
this  was  adopted  at  the  same  time  by  the  entire 
Regiment  to  be  worn  at  drill. 

The  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  and  the 
campaign  of  1861,  effected  a  revolution  in  re- 
spect to  uniforms  and  equipments.  The  white 
cross-belts  were  abolished,  a  black  body-belt  with 
bayonet  sheath  and  cartridge-box  was  adopted ; 
upon  the  fatigue  cap  the  figure  7  was  substi- 
tuted for  the  company  number,  and  upon  the 
knapsack,  black  straps  instead  of  white.  The 
dress  uniform,  although  not  abolished  by  any 
formal  vote,  was  laid  aside  for  the  time  being 
and  the  gray  fatigue  uniform  was  worn  only,  on 
all  occasions  either  of  duty  or  ceremony,  through- 
out the  period  of  the  war. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  the  members  of  the 
Regiment  decided  to  again  equip  themselves  with 
a  dress  uniform.  The  older  members  were  in 
favor  of  going  back  to  the  old  uniform,  but  the 
majority,  many  of  whom  had  joined  since  the  war 
began,  favored  the  French  chasseur  style,  and 
this  was  adopted  in  August,  1865.  The  uniform 
was  gray  with  black  trimmings,  black  body-belt, 
black  dress  hat  with  black  plume.  The  Regi- 
ment appeared  for  the  first  time  in  the  new  uni- 
form Oct.  20,  1865,  and  it  did  not  secure  popu- 
lar approval.  To  the  exempt  and  veteran  mem- 
bers such  radical  changes  in  the  uniform  were 
unacceptable  and  distasteful  as  destructive  to  old 
and  honored  associations,  while  the  friends  of 
the  Regiment  pronounced  it  sombre  and  unbe- 
coming. The  officers  and  members  who  had 
advocated  the  new  style    defended    it    on    the 


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ground  that  it  was  practical  and  useful.  While 
the  appearance  of  the  Regiment  as  a  military 
body  was  not  unsoldierly,  all  were  obliged  to  con  - 
cede  that  the  new  uniform  was  not  becoming  to 
the  members  as  individuals  and  that  it  would 
never  be  worn  with  the  pleasure  and  pride  neces- 
sary for  its  permanence. 

No  sooner  had  the  new  uniform  been  com- 
pleted than  an  agitation  commenced  for  a  re- 
vival of  the  full-dress  uniform  as  worn  before 
the  war.  It  was  a  constant  subject  of  discussion 
until  the  desired  result  was  accomplished  in  1867. 
The  old  uniform  as  worn  in  i860  was  readopted 
except  the  hat.  The  one  worn  with  the  old  chas- 
seur uniform  was  retained,  and  it  is  still  worn 
by  the  Regiment.  To  the  Field  and  Staff  dress 
uniform  was  added  a  gold  and  scarlet  sword- 
belt  and  baldric.  No  changes  were  proposed 
again  until  1875,  when  a  drooping  visor  for  the 
dress  hat  was  agitated,  and  the  adoption  of  a 
plume  instead  of  a  pompon.  It  was  also  pro- 
posed to  discard  the  sash  worn  by  officers,  non- 
commissioned stalif  and  ist  sergeants.  These 
changes,  however,  were  never  made  and  the  only 
thing  accomplished  by  the  committee  was  the 
adoption  of  the  new  U.  S.  regulation  sword  and 
the  gold  and  scarlet  body-belts  for  line  officers  as 
worn  by  the  Field  and  Staff. 

In  1880,  there  were  again  many  changes  of 
uniform  proposed ;  the  only  innovation  was  the 
adoption  of  a  white  cork  helmet  of  the  style  and 
pattern  used  in  the  U.  S.  Army.  At  this  time 
it  was  proposed  to  discard  the  blue  frock-coat 
worn  by  the  officers  since  1844,  and  substitute  the 
blue  braided  blouse  as  worn  by  them  to-day.  This 
was  lost  at  the  time,  but  two  years  later,  in  June, 
1882,  it  was  adopted  and  became  the  fatigue  coat 
for  all  regimental  officers.  The  tour  of  duty  at 
the  State  Camp  at  Peekskill  in  1883,  demonstrated 
the  fact  that  the  fatigue  uniform  of  the  Regi- 
ment was  impracticable  for  summer  camp  work, 
and  in  April,  1885,  a  gray  unlined  blouse  was  au- 
thorized for  the  enlisted  men,  the  officers  at  the 
same  time  adopting  a  blue  serge  blouse  without 
lining  or  braid,  of  similar  pattern  to  that  worn 
by  the  U.  S  Army. 

In  December,  1889,  the  Field  and  Staff  dis- 
carded the  straight  sword  for  a  sabre  of  U.  S. 
Army  pattern,  and  previous  to  going  into  camp 
in  1 89 1  adopted  riding  boots,  with"  gray  and 
white  riding  breeches.  On  April  20,  1892. 
black  leather  leggings,  similar  to  those  worn  by 
the  English  Army,  became  part  of  the  uniform 
for  field  work,  and  these  leggings  are  still 
worn  with  the  gray  uniform.  About  this  time 
sabretaches  were  authorized  for  Adjutants  and 
light  blue  capes  lined  with  scarlet  for  all  officers. 
These  capes  were  to  be  worn  off  duty  only,  and 
it  was  optional  with  the  officers  to  procure  them. 
Both   are   .still   retained   as   part   of  the   bill   of 


dress.  In  1898,  the  army  felt  campaign  hat  was 
adopted  for  field  work,  and  the  otficers  added 
outside  patched-pockets  to  the  summer  blouse,  to 
conform  to  the  U.  S.  Army  regulations.  The 
Field  and  Stajff  also  adopted  the  English  cloth 
puttie  in  dark  blue  for  service  wear. 

In  1899,  a  radical  change  was  proposed  in  the 
discarding  of /the  gray  fatigue  jacket  and  the 
summer  blouse  and  the  adoption  in  their  place 
of  a  gray  coat  suitable  to  be  worn  at  all  timc^ 
for  service.  After  much  discussion,  this  change 
was  carried  out  on  Jan.  6,  1900,  and  the  present 
fatigue  coat  adopted.  At  the  same  time,  the 
Regiment  abolished  the  white  helmet,  and  made 
the  gray  flannel  shirt  a  part  of  the  bill  of  dress, 
though  several  companies  had  previously  been 
wearing  them  under  their  coats  and  for  fatigue 
work.  In  1901,  the  State  issued  a  blue  web  cart- 
ridge-belt, to  be  worn  on  all  occasions  with  the 
fatigue  uniform,  and  the  black  leather  box  belt 
with  bayonet  sheath  and  cartridge-box  was  abol- 
ished. 

In  1904,  the  officers  adopted  for  all  service, 
the  new  U.  S.  Army  olive  mixed  field-service  uni- 
form, with  brown  leather  leggings,  shoes,  belt 
and  gloves ;  also  the  army  campaign  hat  for  of- 
ficers, with  the  black  and  gold  cord  and  acorns. 
At  the  same  time,  the  mounted  officers'  sabres 
and  line  officers'  straight  swords  were  abolished, 
and  all  officers  equipped  themselves  with  the  new 
U.  S.  Regulation  sabres  with  the  regulation 
gold  and  leather  field-service  knots.  About  the 
same  time,  the  blue  web  cartridge-belts  were 
called  in  and  a  new  canvas  cartridge-belt  issued. 
These  belts  were  so  unsightly  when  worn  with 
the  gray  uniform,  that  the  white  body-belt  wa-. 
ordered  for  all  drills  in  the  armory.  In  1905 
a  brown  leather  body-belt  with  cartridge-box  was 
received,  which  replaced  the  white  belt  for  drill 
work. 

During  the  camp  of  1903  the  weather  had 
been  so  inclement  and  the  new  conditions  of  field- 
service  so  much  harder  on  the  clothes  of  the  men, 
that  the  Regiment  returned  to  New  York  with 
the  gray  uniforms  in  very  bad  condition.  It  was 
then  decided  that  before  another  camp,  requisi- 
tion should  be  made  on  the  State  for  the  new 
olive  mixed  field  uniform.  At  first  this  met  with 
much  opposition  from  those  who  did  not  favoi 
the  plan  of  taking  the  State  uniform,  and  from 
the  erroneous  idea  given  by  the  newspapers  that 
the  7th  was  to  give  up  its  historic  gray.  When 
it  was  understood  that  no  change  whatever  was 
to  be  made  in  the  gray  uniform,  and  that  the 
new  outfit  was  to  be  received  from  the  State  fo*" 
field-service  only,  the  objections  were  removed 
and  the  new  uniform,  complete  as  now  worn, 
was  issued  to  the  Regiment  previous  to  its  tour  of 
service  at  the  State  Camp  in  June,  1905.  At  th; 
same  time,  the  new  State  overcoat  was  adopted 


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to  replace   the   old    regimental   one    worn    since 
1850. 

A  new  State  regulation  covering  spurs  and 
gloves  made  a  change  necessary  in  the  equip- 
ments of  the  Field  and  Staff,  and  previous  to  in- 
spection on  Jan.  30,  1906,  the  new  nickel  spurs 
and  red  leather  dog-skin  gloves  were  procured. 
The  State  also  authorized  the  wearing  of  an  olive 
mixed  cap  in  camp  and  at  times  other  than  when 
on  actual  duty.  The  procuring  of  the  cap  was 
optional,  though  many  of  the  officers  supplied 
themselves  with  it. 

This  covers  as  far  as  possible  the  different 
changes  of  uniforms  for  the  last  hundred  years 
as  is  obtainable  from  Colonel  Clark's  History  of 
the  Regiment  and  old  records,  pictures  and  or- 
ders. There  were  many  other  innovations  that 
from  time  to  time  were  tried,  but  never  became  a 
part  of  th'e  actual  Bill  of  Dress  of  the  Regiment. 
For  many  years  line  officers  were  allowed  to  wear 
a  blue  shell  fatigue  jacket  for  drill  instead  of  the 
frock  coat.  During  service,  the  Civil  War  men 
were  permitted  to  cover  their  caps  on  hot  days 
with  a  white  canvas  cover,  known  as  a  haver- 
lock.  Special  corps  have  also  been  organized 
within  the  Regiment  and  innovations  in  the  uni- 
forms appropriate  to  the  work  done  have  been 
introduced. 

Co.  I  was  originally  organized  in  1834  as  a 
troop  of  cavalry  attached  to  the  Battalion  of  the 
National  Guards.  They  wore  the  gray  uniform 
substituting  a  black  leather  helmet  with  a  high 
white  plume  for  the  regular  dress  hat.  and  were 
equipped  as  prescribed  for  the  cavalry  of  the 
period.  Co.  K.  was  organized  in  1854  as  an 
Engineer  Corps,  attached  to  the  7th  Reg't.  Thev 
wore  the  regimental  uniform  with  black  instead 


of  white,  cross  and  body-belt,  and  the  insignia 
of  the  Engineer  Corps,  "a  castle,"  on  their  equip- 
ments. They  were  armed  with  short  muskets, 
called  musketoons.  On  being  raised  to  line  com- 
panies in  i860  both  these  organizations  discarded 
their  distinctive  uniforms  for  that  worn  by  the 
rest  of  the  Regiment. 

An  artillery  detachment  known  as  the  Howit- 
zer Corps  was  organized  in  1871,  and  at  different 
periods  when  it  has  been  at  work,  the  members 
have  worn  a  round  gray  cloth,  English  cap  with 
the  special  device  of  the  corps  on  the  front.  Non- 
commissioned officers  on  duty  have  been  armed 
with  the  artillery  sabre.  A  bicycle  corps,  organ- 
ized in  1894,  made  a  special  legging  necessary. 
In  1898,  the  wearing  off  duty  of  a  red  silk  hand- 
kerchief knotted  around  the  neck  became  popular 
and  several  companies  went  so  far  as  to  approve 
the  wearing  of  them  with  the  fatigue  and  flannel 
shirt.  A  strong  movement  was  made  to  have  ii 
authorized,  but  the  Board  of  Officers  decided 
that  it  was  most  unsoldierly  and  strict  orders 
were  issued  after  the  camp  of  1899  prohibiting  its 
use    in  the  future. 

The  policy  of  the  Regiment  has  always  been 
to  be  strictly  up  to  date  in  all  matters  of  uniform 
where  service  and  hard  work  are  required,  and 
to  retain  for  gala  occasions  the  historic  uniform 
that  it  has  worn  for  so  many  years  with  honor  to 
itself,  the  City  and  the  State.  Any  attempt  to 
change  this  uniform,  except  in  the' smallest  de- 
tails, has  never  been  successful,  and  even  the 
small  details  should  not  have  been  allowed.  The 
writer  hopes  some  day  to  see  the  Regiment  uni- 
formed for  full-dress  again  exactly  as  it  was  in 
1840:  the  old  dress  hat,  officers  with  a  single 
white  cross-belt,  and  other  minor  details  carefully 
carried  out. 


RE.VDY    FOR   BATTALION'    DRILL  AT   PEEKSKILL. 


The  First  Company,  Seventh  Regiment 


1806-1883  By  Elliot  T.  Barrows. 
1883-1906  By  Frederick  O'Byrne  &  Charles  R.  Neidlinger 

In  1856  a  committee  was  appointed  to  collect  the 
early  documents,  papers,  etc.,  relative  to  the  history 
of  the  Company,  but  failing  to  appreciate  the  price- 
less value  of  such  data  nothing  was  done  in  the 
matter.  Again  in  1865  another  committee  was  ap- 
pointed for  the  same  purpose  and  again  the  subject 
was  dropped.  In  1883  I  was  appointed  Historian  of 
the  Company  and  while  the  documents  and  papers 
collected  were  very  few,  it  was  my  good  fortune  to 
meet  and  interview  men  who  had  enlisted  and  taken 
an   active   part   in   the    Company   from    1824. 

To  veterans  who  have  passed  through  the  stir- 
ring scenes  associated  with  the  Company  and  Regi- 
ment this  will  seem  cold  and  uninteresting;  but  to 
regimental  history  must  be  left  the  task  of  describing 
its  famous  camps,  its  grand  excursions  and  its  courte- 
sies to  visiting  military  corps  and  to  distinguished  men 
in  whose  honor  the  city  authorities  have  always  ex- 
hibited the  Seventh  with  so  much  pride. 

The  names  of  those  who  responded  to  the  call  of  the 
National  Government  during  the  great  Rebellion  have 
passed  into  history,  but  to  that  little  band  who  in  the 
dark  days  of  the  Company's  adversity  saved  it  from 
the  humiliation  of  a  disbandment  should  be  given 
al  honor  and  praise. 

1806.  The  First  Co.  was  formed  as  an  independent 
company,  during  the  excitement  caused  by  the  im- 
pressment of  American  seamen  in  1806.  Its  officers 
were:  Henry  Morgan,  Capt. ;  Ezra  Robbins,  ist  Lt.; 
Andrew  Forman,  2d  Lt.  1809:  Lt.  Robbins  resign- 
ing, Lt.  Forman  was  promoted  ist,  and  Gilbert 
Haight,  2d  Lt.  1810:  Lt.  Haight  resigning,  James 
Benedict  was  elected  2d  Lt.  1812:  Capt.  Morgan  re- 
signing, Lt.  Forman  was  elected  Captain,  Lt.  Benedict. 
1st,  an-..  Joseph  Coles,  2d  Lieutenant.  1815:  Capt.  For- 
man resigning,  Lt.  Benedict  was  elected  Captain,  Lt. 
Coles  1st,  and  Gilbert  Hopkins,  2d  Lieutenant.  1818: 
Capt.  Benedict  having  been  promoted  Colonel,  Lt. 
Coles  was  elected  Captain,  Lt.  Hopkins,  ist,  and 
Irad  Hawley.  2d  Lieutenant.  1819:  Capt.  Coles  re- 
signing, Lt.  Hopkins  was  elected  Captain,  Lt.  Hawley, 
1st,  and  Anthony  Chappie,  2d  Lieutenant.  1821 :  Capt. 
Hopkins  having  been  promoted  to  Brigade  Staflf,  Lt. 
Hawley  was  elected  Captain,  Lt.  Chappie,  ist,  and 
Augustus  H.  Sands,  2d  Lieutenant.  Under  Capts.  Ben- 
edict, Cole  and  Hopkins  the  Company  was  in  the 
height  of  its  early  success,  they  all  being  prominent 
military  men  of  the  day  and  later  acquired  the  rank 
of  Brigadier   Generals. 

In  1820  an  order  from  the  First  Brigade  called  upon 
each  regiment  (four  m  the  brigade)  to  detail  one 
Field  Officer,  two  commissioned  officers,  eight  non- 
commissioned officers  and  forty  privates,  to  illustrate 
some  manoeuvres.  From  the  "Eleventh  Regiment" 
Col.  Benedict  detailed  the  "First  Company."  The 
rooms  used  for  drills  (which  were  held  fortnightly) 
were  hired  for  the  night  only.  The  "First"  generally 
using  the  loft  of  a  long  narrow  building  which  stood 
on  the  site  of  the  "Tribune  Building"  and  here  by 
the  light  of  candle  dips,  the  "manual  exercises"  were 
gone  through  with,  the  marching  being  executed  in 
the  City  Hall  Park,  used  by  the  Regiment  for  an 
assembling  place  up  to  about  1840. 

In  the  Spring  of  1824  the  Company  participated  in 
a  target  excursion.  The  bill  for  this  parade  as  well 
as  the  expense  account  for  the  year,  may  prove  inter- 
esting in  these  days  of  extravagances:  Parade  Notices, 
$17.50;  room  hire  for  drills,  $14.00;  priming  wire  and 
brushes,  $2.50;  brandy  on  parade,  $i.34i/^c. ;  band, 
$22.50:  dinner,  $69.25;  Cochran  Fife  and  Drums,  $9.00; 
total,  $136.0914. 

Up  to  this  date  the  companies  had  been  known  as 


"Captain  Hawley's,"  etc.,  but  in  August  it  was  de- 
termined to  adopt  numbers  for  permanent  distinctive 
appellations  to  the  respective  companies  and  at  a 
meeting  of  the  captains  the  numbers  were  drawn  tor, 
Capt.  Hawley  drawing  i  thus  giving  us  our  present 
designation.  Capt.  Hawley  was  elected  Major,  Lt. 
Sands,  Captain,  Lt.  James  Flinn,  Jr.,  ist,  and  Sgt. 
Levi  Hart,  2d  Lieutenant.  Capt.  Hawley  was  a  lead- 
ing citizen  and  merchant,  and  prominently  identified 
with  the  formation  and  history  of  the  27th  Regt. 

1825:  Capt.  Sands  resigning,  Lt.  Flinn  was  elected 
Captain,  Lt.  Hart,  1st,  and  Henry  D.  Conckling,  2d 
Lieutenant.  1826:  Capt.  Flinn  resigning,  Lt.  Hart 
was  elected  Captain,  and  Sgt.  Smith  Spelman,  2d 
Lieutenant.  1827 :  Lt.  Conckling  resigning,  Lt.  Spel- 
man was  elected  ist,  and  John  Waydell,  2d  Lieutenant. 
1828 :  Capt.  Hart  having  been  promoted  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  the  Regiment,  Lt.  Spelman  was  elected 
Captain,  and  Henry  H.  Campbell,  ist  Lieutenant;  Lt. 
Waydell  resigning,  Oliver  Slate,  Jr.,  was  elected  2d 
Lieutenant.  1829:  Lt.  Campbell  resigning,  Lt.  Slate 
was  elected  ist  Lieutenant. 

1830:  Robert  Heckle  was  elected  2d  Lieutenant. 
1831 :  July  2, — The  first  regimental  encampment  was 
held  at  Poughkeepsie,  the  "First  Co."  reporting  Cap- 
tain, one  Lieutenant,  three  non-commissioned  officers 
and  eleven  privates.  1832:  Lt.  Heckle  elected  ist,  and 
Charles  W.  Teller  2d  Lieutenant.  1833:  June  28, — 
The  second  regimental  encampment  was  held  at  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  the  "First  Co."  reporting  Captain, 
two  lieutenants,  three  non-commissioned  officers  and 
eight  privates.  Sept. — Lt.  Heckle  resigning,  Lt.  Teller 
was  elected  ist,  and  James  D.  Morrison,  2d  Lieutenant. 
Oct. — Capt  Spelman  resigning,  Lt.  Teller  was  elected 
Captain,  Lt.  Morrison,  ist,  and  Wright  Pearsall,  2d 
Lieutenant.  Capt.  Spelman  was  one  of  the  most 
popular  officers  the  Company  ever  had  and  they  tried 
in  vain  to  keep  him  with  them.  On  his  retirement  he 
was    presented    with    a    service    of   plate. 

1835:  Lt.  Pearsall  resigning,  Sgt.  George  W.  Brain- 
ard  was  elected  2d  Lieutenant.  1837:  Lt.  Morrison 
resigning  Lt.  Brainerd  was  elected  ist,  and  Richard  P. 
Holmes,  2d  Lieutenant.  1838:  Capt.  Teller  resigned. 
He  was  a  popular  officer  and  kept  his  interest  in  the 
Company  and  Regiment  as  a  member  of  the  Veteran 
Association  up  to  his  eighty-fifth  year.  A  determined 
effort  was  made  to  induce  Lt.  Brainerd  to  accept  the 
post  of  captain,  but  he  could  not  be  prevailed  upon, 
and  for  the  first  time  in  the  Company's  history,  a 
period  of  thirty  years,  it  took  an  outside  man;  pre- 
vious to  this  it  is  believed  that  every  captain  served 
through  the  different  grades  before  reaching  that  ,<, 
place.  Two  captains  had  been  promoted  majors, 
and  succeeded  lieutenant  colonels  and  colonels  in  the 
Regiment,  while  three  were  made  brigadier  generals. 
For  about  six  months  the  Company  was  under  charge 
of  Lt.  Brainerd,  until  the  post  was  accepted  by  Capt. 
John  S.  Cocks  of  the  "Scott  City  Guard."  1843 :  Lt. 
Holmes  resigning,  Lemuel  R.  Bradley  was  promoted  2d 
Lieutenant. 

1845 :  Capt.  Cocks  resigned  and  the  Company  again 
tendered  the  nomination  to  Lt.  Brainerd,  but  he  per- 
sistered  in  his  refusal  and  accepted  the  post  of  Chap- 
lain then  vacant  in  the  Regiment,  and  the  Company 
lost  a  valuable  officer.  Lt.  Brainerd  enlisted  in  the 
Company  June  13,  1831,  promoted  Sergeant  and  Or- 
derly, February  18,^4,  Second  Lieutenant  June  22, 
1833;  1st  Lieutenant  March  12,  1839;  Chaplain  Dec.  2, 
1845;  appointed  "Paymaster"  on  the  "Richmond  Trip" 
1858  and  Commissary  on  the  staflf  of  Col.  Leflferts 
1862-3;  making  an  almost  continuous  service  of  thirty- 
three  years  in  the  Regiment.  Cant.  Cocks,  during  his 
term  of  service,  had  proved  himself  a  martinet  of  the 
most  exacting  type,  and  this,  with  his  lack  of  mili- 
tary knowledge  had  rendered  him  unpopular,  not  only 


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in  the  Company,  but  throughout  the  Regiment.  Under 
him  the  Company  had  steadily  run  down  and  was 
considered  the  poorest  in  the  Regiment.  Great 
difficuhy  was  experienced  in  getting  a  competent 
person  to  accept  the  -osition  of  Captain,  but  it  was 
taken  finally  by  Sgt.  Thomas  Morton  of  the  "Fourth 
Co". 

1845:  Isaac  Amerman  was  elected  1st  Lieutenant. 
1846:  Lt.  Bradley  resignin-^  Noah  C.  Duryee  was 
elected  2d  Lieutenant.  During  the  last  twenty  years 
the  Company  had  led  a  migratory  existence,  drilling 
at  "Eagle  Hall,"  8  Roosevelt  St.,  "Sackett's  Rooms" 
71  Division  St.;  "Fusileers  Armory"  360  Broadway; 
"Coliseum"  in  Canal  St.,  "Lafayette  Hall"  595  Broad- 
way; "Centre  Market,"  "Military  Hall,"  Sixth  Ave., 
and  Barrow  St.;  and  "Military  Hall"  on  the  Bowery 
near  Broome  St.  These  changes  being  caused  by 
the  growth  of  the  city  northward  and  the  selection  of 
a  room  nearest  to  the  majority  of  the  members. 

Capt.  Morton  found  his  Company  at  the  lowest 
point  since  its  formation.  Drills  and  meetings  were 
now  held  at  "Mercer  House,"  at  that  period  the  most 
popular  military  headquarters  in  the  city,  situated  on 
the  corner  of  Broome  and  Mercer  Sts.;  the  rent  paid 
for  the  use  of  the  room  being  $75.00  per  year.  Re- 
cruiting was  almost  at  a  standstill.  The  "Militia 
Law"  passed  by  the  Legislature  in  the  early  part  of 
the  year  had  created  considerable  excitement  and  was 
the  source  of  great  dissatisfaction.  By  its  provisions 
the  uniformed  militia  was  virtually  disbanded,  the 
City  and  State  being  divided  into  military  districts 
and  all  persons  liable  to  military  duty  were  attached 
to  the  Company  or  Regiment  of  their  respective  dis- 
tricts.. 

In  August  1848,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  get 
up  a  target  excursion  and  reported  that  they  had 
decided  on  "Bergen  Hill"  and  that  no  volunteers 
should  be  allowed  to  participate  in  it.  This  was 
brought  about  by  the  fact  that  on  similar  excursions 
by  other  companies,  volunteers  had  won  prizes  much 
to  the  disgust  and  dissatisfaction  of  the  members.  This 
was  the  last  target  excursion  indulged  in  by  the 
Company. 

1849:  Capt.  Morton  was  elected  Major  of  the  Reg- 
iment; he  was  a  fine  type  of  a  National  Guard  officer; 
on  April  25,  ist  Lt.  Isaac  Amerman  was  elected  Cap- 
tain. Mar.  26.  W.  R.  Harrison  was  elected  2d  Lieu- 
tenant and  on  April  25,  ist  Lieutenant.  May  10.  The 
great  "Astor  Place  Riot"  took  place,  in  which  the 
Company  had  Lt.  W.  R.  Harrison,  Orderly  Sgt. 
Noah  C.  Morton,  Pvts.  John  Mortimer,  W.  H.  Under- 
bill and  Isaac  Devoe,  seriously  injured,  while  others 
were  slightly  so.  July  16.  The  Company  adopted  the 
knapsack  and  leather  cross  belts.  Nov.  7.  The 
leather  gun  sling  was  adopted  to  replace  the  webbed 
one  formerly  used  and  the  Company' unanimously  de- 
cided that  they  did  not  need  overcoats,  then  being 
adopted  by  other  companies  in  the  Regiment.  Aug. 
5.  Amasa  Brainerd  was  elected  ist,  and  C.  G.  New- 
comb  2d  Lieutenant.  Nov.  29.  Capt  Amerman  and 
Lt.  Brainerd  resigned,  the  latter  accepting  the  place 
of  Orderly  Sergeant 

1851;  April  II.  The  Company,  accompanied  by  Col. 
Duryee  proceeded  to  "Lafayette  Hall"  and  offered 
the  position  of  Captain  to  Augustine  E.  Pressinger, 
and  then  adjourned  to  see  Capt.  Shumwav  drill  his 
Company  (Eighth),  at  that  time  the  model  company  of 
the  National  Guard.  April  18.  Augustine  E.  Press- 
inger was  elected  Captain.  The  Company  now  seemed 
to  take  a  new  lease  of  life;  thirteen  members  were 
elected  during  the  Summer  and  the  rooms  at  the 
"Mercer  House"  being  too  small  for  the  increased 
attendance  at  drills  and  too  far  down  town  for  the 
growing  centre  of  the  city,  it  was  decided  to  hire  a 
night  at  "Lafayette  Hall"  (then  used  by  the  majority 
of  the  Regiment).  Here  rooms  were  secured  at  an 
expense  of  $175.00  per  annum  and  drill  night  changed 


to  Thursday.     Dec.  29.  Courtenay  Schenck  was  elected 
1st  Lieutenant. 

1853:  Aug.  31.  A  special  meeting  was  held  to  re- 
ceive Ex- 1st  Lt.  William  P.  Bensel  and  twenty  men 
who  were  transferred  from  the  "Fifth  Co."  Oct.  27. 
W.  P.  Bensel  was  elected  ist,  and  Frederick  il-  Grain, 
2d  Lieutenant.  1856:  Capt.  Pressinger  resigned.  Lt. 
Bensel  was  appointed  Lieutenant  commanding  by 
Col.  Duryee  and  his  first  parade  (July  4,)  found  him 
at  the  head  of  seven  and  one  half  nles  and  a  member- 
ship of  twenty-three.  After  the  parade  Col.  Duryee 
told  the  Company,  that  unless  they  had  forty  men 
on  the  rolls  at  the  Fall  inspection  he  would  apply 
for  their  disbandment.  The  armory  was  moved  to 
600  Broaaway,  the  second  floor  of  which  being  a  danc- 
ing academy  was  used  for  drilling,  while  the  meetings 
were  held  in  a  small  room  on  the  third  floor.  May  15. 
Sgt.  James  L.  Harway  was  elected  2d  Lieutenant. 
Oct.  23.  Lt.  Bensel  was  elected  Captain.  Dec.  10. 
William  Gurney  was  elected  ist  Lieutenant.  1858:  In 
April  the  armory  was  moved  to  the  rooms  owned  by 
the  "Second  Co.,"  and  known  as  the  "National  Drill 
Rooms,"  situated  on  the  corner  of  University  Place 
and  Thirteenth  St.  Here  quarters  were  hired  at  an 
expense  of  $300.00  per  annum  and  the  drill  night 
changed  to  Friday.  The  progress  of  the  Company 
in  recruiting  during  the  year  was  phenomenal,  the  Fall 
inspection    showing    eighty-three    men    present. 

1859:  Rooms  were  leased  from  the  "Fourth  Co." 
(same  location  as  the  "Second")  at  an  expense  of 
$350.00.  During  the  winter  the  Company  had  the 
portrait  of  Capt.  Bensel  painted  by  Mr.  Wright,  and 
exhibited  in  the  Spring  Exhibition  of  the  "Academy 
of  Design."  Nov.,  Lt.  Gurney  resigned.  Nov.  14.  Pvt. 
James  W.  Hewitt  elected  Lieutenant.  Sept  5.  The 
new  armory  over  "Tompkins  Market"  was  formally 
presented  to  the  Regiment  by  Maj.  Wood  on  be- 
half of  the  city.  At  that  time  it  was  considered  the 
grandest  structure  of  its  kind.  The  room  occu- 
pied by  the  "First  Co."  was  in  the  south-west  corner, 
finished  in  solid  black  walnut  after  designs  by  Sgt. 
W.  H.  Hume.  Oct.  29.  Pvt.  C.  H.  Meday  offered  a 
resolution  creating  Dr.  J.  Trenor  an  honorary  mem- 
ber on  account  of  having  five  sons  doing  active  duty 
in  the  Company.  In  August,  Cpl.  G.  A.  Ratz  met  his 
death  by  drowning  and  the  Company  paraded  as  an 
escort  at  his  funeral 

1861 :  Jan.  10.  ist  Lt.  Hewitt  resigned.  A  Southerner 
by  birth  and  convictions,  he  subsequently  entered 
the  Confederate  service  as  Colonel  of  a  Tennessee 
regiment  and  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Chickamauga. 
In  the  early  winter  the  Company  had  an  oil  portrait 
of  Gen.  Duryee  (former  member)  painted  by  Mr. 
Wright  and  exhibited  in  the  Spring  Exhibition  of 
the  "Acaderr  •  of  Design."  The  war  clouds  which 
had  been  slowly  gathering  over  our  peaceful  country 
broke  with  all  their  force  in  the  spring  of  1861.  On 
the  evening  of  Wednesday,  April  17,  the  members 
of  the  "First  Co."  met  by  special  orders  to  ascertain 
their  sentiments  in  relation  to  proceeding  to  Washing- 
ton and  on  voting  there  were  57  "aves"  15  doubtful 
and  6  "noes".  Orders  were  issued  the  following  day 
and  at  4  p.  m.,  on  the  19th  the  Regiment  filed  out  of 
the  armory  on  the  way  to  Washington.  At  Annapolis 
Capt.  Bensel  was  taken  sick  and  obliged  to  return  to 
New  York,  the  command  devolving  on  Lt.  Meday 
until   his  return   on   May  21, 

On  May  i,  the  Regiment  went  into  "Camp  Camer- 
on". The  first  morning  report  showed  the  "First  Co." 
as  follows:  2  officers;  107  rank  and  file  present:  i  pri- 
vate sick;  I  officer  and  6  privates  absent;  total  115 
(the  third  largest  company  absent  or  present). 
Shortly  after  the  return  from  Washington.  Lt.  Har- 
way. on  account  of  business  resigned.  He  had  been 
during  his  term  of  service  one  of  the  most  conscien- 
tious and  faithful  members  and  had  probably  re- 
cruited more  men  than  any  other  member,  excepting 


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Capt.  Bensel.  Sept.  25.  Orderly  Sgt.  William  H. 
Hume  was  elected  ist  Lieutenant.  Though  the  drain 
on  the  Company  (on  account  of  losing  many  who  had 
acquired  volunteer  commissions)  had  been  heavy,  it 
was  in  a  flourishing  state;  inspection  showed  eighty- 
six  present. 

Sunday,  May  11,  the  second  notice  was  received  to 
proceed  to  Washington.  The  "First  Co."  left  with 
2  officers,  2  sergeants,  3  corporals  and  41  privates ; 
Lt.  Meday4n  command.  Col.  Leflerts  finding  that 
Capt.  Bensel  could  not  report  for  duty  appointed  Lt. 
Meday  "Acting  Captain"  and  Lt.  Hume  Acting  ist 
Lieutenant.  Being  weak  in  non-commissioned  officers 
and  the  details  being  numerous  it  was  found  necessary 
by  Acting  Capt.  Meday  to  appoint  acting  non-com- 
missioned officers  for  this  term  of  service. 

During  the  time  the  Company  was  in  service,  26 
recruits  and  substitutes  and  3  members  reported  for 
duty,  bringing  the  strength  up  to  ^^  men;  during  the 
same  time  18  were  discharged  (one  by  promotion  in 
the  regular  service)  making  the  number  who  went 
through  the  campaign  59.  Shortly  after  the  return  of 
the  Company  Lt.  Meday  found  his  business  in  such  a 
state  that  he  was  obliged  to  resign,  but  as  he  renewed 
his  connection  with  the  Company  at  a  later  period,  his 
absence  was  hardly  more  than  a  long  furlough.  In- 
spection showed  90  men  present.  , 

186^ :  Jan.  12.  Lt.  Hume  immediately  resigned,  accept- 
ing the  place  of  Adjutant  under  Col.  LeflFerts,  the  Regi- 
ment gaining  over  the  Company's  loss.  Lt.  William 
H.  Hume  had  been  one  of  the  hardest  workers,  per- 
forming a  large  share  of  the  civil  drudgery  that  few 
will  undertake  and  the  majority  never  appreciate.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  energy,  strict  methodical  habits, 
absolute  integrity  and  a  word  that  was  law.  Feb. 
23.  Sgt.  George  H.  Kitchen  was  elected  2d  Lieutenant. 
With  the  appearance  of  Gen.  Lee  in  the  north,  the 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  authorities  at 
Washington  appealed  to  New  York  for  troops,  and 
as  on  previous  occasions,  the  "Seventh"  was  the  first 
to  respond.  Leaving  New  York  Wednesday,  June  17, 
the  Regiment  reached  Baltimore  on  the  19th  and 
occunied  its  old  quarters  at  "Fort  Federal  Hill"  reliev- 
ing the  "Tenth,  New  York."  The  First  Co."  left 
New  York  under  the  command  of  Lt.  Funston  (Capt. 
Bensel  reporting  on  the  22d  inst,  and  Lt.  Kitchen  on 
the  27th  inst.)  and  mustered  captain,  i  lieutenant, 
3  sergeants,  5  corporals  and  50  privates.  Tuesday, 
July  14,  news  of  the  "draft  riots"  reached  the  Regi- 
ment. Their  recall  having  been  urged  by  the  Gov- 
ernor of  New  York,  the  Regiment  left  camp,  arriving 
home  Thursday,  July  16,  and  assisting  in  clearing  the 
city  of  rioters,  as  well  as  garrisoning  the  armory  un- 
til the  2ist  of  July,  when  for  the  last  time  it  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service  of  the  United  States. 
During  a  skirmish  with  the  rioters  Pvt.  J.  W.  Ham- 
ilton was  wounded  in  the  groin  by  a  spent  musket 
ball. 

1864:  During  the  winter  a  "Grand  National  Fair" 
was  held  in  Washington  for  the  aid  of  the  sick,  to 
which  the  First  Co."  contributed  SmS.oo.  April  25. 
Lt.  Kitchen  resigned.  July  25.  Lt.  Funston  resigned. 
Aug.  31.  C.  H.  Meday  was  elected  ist  Lieutenant. 
Sept.  August  Belknap,  Jr.,  was  elected  2d  Lieutenant. 
Oct.  31.  Capt.  Bensel  resigned  and  a  service  of  plate 
was  presented  to  him. 

Capt.  William  P.  Bensel  enlisted  in  the  "Fifth  Co." 
Nov.  18,  1849.  Aug.  27,  1853  resigned  and  enlisted  in 
the  "^irst  Co."  As  a  company  commandant  he  was 
ambitious,  earnest  and  indefatigable,  combined  with 
the  knack  of  "setting  up"  men  in  a  short  space  of 
time.  His  personal  magnetism  gained  him  many 
friends  and  during  his  service  with  the  Company  he 
personally  recruited  sixty-five  men.  Nov.  28.  Lt. 
Meday  was  elected  Captain,  Lt.  Belknap  ist,  and  S. 
C.  Barr  2d  Lieutenant. 


1865:  An  Historical  Committee  was  appointed  and 
subsequently  reported  that  they  deemed  it  of  the 
utmost  importance  that  the  Company's  history  should 
be  preserved  and  requested  that  Capt.  Meday  under- 
take the  task  of  "rescuing  from  oblivion  the  memory 
of  former  events ;"  but  his  business  would  not  allow 
the  time  and  the  matter  was  dropped.  Feb.  27.  Lt. 
Belknap  resigned,  and  Sgt.  Bogert  was  elected  ist 
Lieutenant.  Inspection,  108  men  on  the  '"roll",  loi 
present,  the  Company  standing  second  in  the  Regi- 
ment. 

1866:  Many  volunteer  officers  returned  to  the  ranks 
and  the  Company  for  the  first  time  headed  the  Regi- 
ment ^yith  112  men  on  the  roll  and  104  present  at 
inspection.  New  by-laws  were  adopted  and  the  move- 
ment started  which  procured  the  "Seventh  Regiment 
Statue"  dedicated  to  their  fallen  brave,  to  which  the 
Company  pledged  itself  for  $2,500.00. 

1867:  Early  in  the  spring,  Capt.  Meday  was  elected 
Major,  and  on  his  retirement  he  was  presented  with 
a  handsome  watch  and  chain.  Capt.  Meday  was  purely 
a  civilian  soldier.  A  leading  merchant  of  the  city 
he  accepted  military  service  in  the  National  Guard  as 
a  part  of  the  duty  he  owed  the  State.  Personally  of 
a  genial  disposition,  he  attracted  and  made  for  himself 
a  host  of  friends.  Just,  and  with  a  high  sense  of 
honor,  he  was  a  loyal  and  true  type  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  Soldier.  The  committee  in  search  of  a  new 
Captain  reported  the  name  of  Adjutant  and  Brevet 
Brig-Gen.  Louis  Fitzgerald,  and  on  July  15,  he  was 
elected  Captain,  but  declined,  ist  Lt.  Richard  All- 
ison (late  Captain  of  Volunteers)  of  the  "Second  Co." 
was  elected  Captain.  At  inspection  the  Company 
again  stood  first  in  the  Regiment  104  men  on  the  roll,. 
86  present. 

1868:  Jan.  9.  Lt.  Barr  was  elected  ist,  and  Sgt.  J. 
W.  Bensel  2d  Lieutenant.  Inspection  showed  the 
Company  second  in  the  Regiment—^  men  on  the 
roll,  78  present.    Nov.     Lt.  Bensel  resigned. 

1869:  Sgt.  C.  Graham  Bacon  elected  ist  Lieutenant- 
Inspection,  91  men  on  the  roll,  90  present — the  highest 
percentage  in  the  Regiment.  1870:  During  the  past 
two  years  the  percentage  of  attendance  at  drills  had 
been  very  low  and  Capt.  Allison  discharged,  dropped 
and  expelled  the  deadwood,  and  as  a  result  the  Com- 
pany attendance  at  drill  during  the  winter  was  four 
and  a  half  per  cent.,  higher  than  any  other  company 
in  the  Regiment.  Lt.  Barr  resigning,  Lt.  Bacon  was 
elected  1st,  and  Sgt.  Henry  I.  Hayden  2d  Lieutenant. 
Inspection,  every  man  present  (58)  the  first  time 
100  per  cent.,  had  been  reached.  1872:  Breechloaders 
were  issued  to  the  National  Guard  and  in  order  to- 
familiarize  themselves  with  their  workings,  the  ^..om- 
pany  obtained  the  use  of  the  range  at  Clifton,  N.  J.,, 
owned  by  the  22d  Regt.,  and  Oct.  3d  paraded  there 
for  rifle  practice.  This  partook  more  of  the  old  time 
target  excursions  and  consequently  proved  of  little 
value  as  instruction.  1873:  The  ranges  at  Creedmoor 
were  opened,  and  on  Sept.  18,  the  Regiment  paraded 
there  for  rifle  practice.  The  "First  Co."  stood  ninth 
in  the  Regiment  with  a  percentage  of  4.48  at  200  yards, 
2.43  at  500  yards  and  a  general  average  of  4.14,  qualify 
ing  JO  men.  Nov.  24,  Lt.  Hayden  was  elected  ist, 
and  Sgt.  Henry  L.  Freeland  2d  Lieutenant.  1874: 
Aug.  13,  at  Creedmoor  Cpl.  McMillan  led  the  Regi- 
ment with  31.  1875:  Mar.  24,  the  Company  appro- 
priated $50.00  towards  sending  a  rifle  team  to  Dublin. 
This  donation  made  Lt  Hayden  an  honorary  member 
of  the  "New  York  Rifle  Club."  During  November 
21  men  were  transferred  from  the  "Seventh  Co.  ' 
Dec.  9.  Lt.  Hayden  elected  Captain,  and  ex  Lt.  John 
J.  Behringer  (late  Seventh  Co.)  ist  Lieutenant.  1878: 
Inspection,  84  men  present.  Capt.  Hayden  resigned 
in  the  fall,  much  to  the  regret  of  the  Company;  he 
had  served  in  the  Navy  during  the  Rebellion,  yet  he 
was  the  beau  ideal  of  a  military  oflScer.  Tall  and 
commanding   in   appearance,   he   inspired    his    Company 


m^im^^^imJ 


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with  enthusiasm  for  their  work.  'No  finer  or  more 
popular  officer  ever  wore  a  National  Guard  uniform. 

1878,  Dec.  6th:  Ex-Capt.  Richard  Allison  elected 
(  aptain,  Lt.  Van  Tine  ist,  and  ist  Sgt.  William  E. 
Hatfield  Second  Lieutenant.  In  January,  1879,  the 
Company  mourned  the  loss  by  death  of  Comrade 
Theodore  F.  W.  Taylor,  followed  by  that  in  Feb- 
ruary of  Corporal  Ricardo  Del  Prado.  May  23,  "The 
Class  of  '81,"  Columbia  College,  gave  a  performance 
of  "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore"  followed  by  dancing  for  the 
benefit  of  the  new  room  fund.  The  large  drill  room 
at  the  old  armory  was  used  and  the  affair  proved  one 
Ox  great  success,  the  Company  clearing  about  six 
hundred  dollars.  Commencing  Nov.  17th,  the  great 
"Seventh  Regiment  Fair"  was  held  in  the  new 
Armory.  The  ist  Co.'s  booth  was  a  representation  of 
a  Moorish  Bazaar  and  with  its  latticed  sides,  hang- 
ing bannerets,  antique  Japanese  and  Chinese  vases  and 
Persian  rugs  it  was  one  of  the  most  striking  objects 
in  the  immense  drill  hall. 

1880.  During  the  winter  the  Company's  room  in 
the  new  armory  was  furnished  at  a  cost  to  the  Com- 
pany of  $7,791.02.  1881.  Feb.,  Lt.  Hatfield  resigned. 
March  17,  Sgt.  Willard  C.  Fisk  elected  2d  Lt.  May, 
Capt.  Allison  was  elected  Major  of  the  Regiment. 
Capt.  Richard  Allison  enlisted  in  the  Second  Co. 
April  19,  i86i,  elected  Orderly  Sergeant  1862,,  Aug.  50, 
1862  elected  Capt.  of  Co.  I,  127th  N.  Y.  V.,  and  served 
with  much  distinction  throughout  the  Civil  War. 
Re-enlisted  in  the  Second  Co.  and  served  as  a  private 
until  Oct.  I,  1867,  when  he  was  elected  Capt.  of  the  First 
Co.  As  a  drill  master,  Capt.  Allison  was  noted  for  his 
strict  adherence  to  the  tactics  and  minute  interpre- 
tations of  mooted  points  and  under  no  commandant 
bas  the  Company  had  more  success  on  the  drill  floor. 
June  15,  Maj.  Edwin  A.  McAlpin,  of  the  71st  Regt., 
elected  Captain.  1882,  February,  Capt.  McAlpin  resigned. 
March  31,  Adjt.  Augustus  W.  Conover  elected  Capt. 
April,  Lt.  Van  Tine  resigned.  May  29,  Lt.  Fisk  was 
elected  1st  and  Sgt.  Victor  W.  Voorhees  2nd  Lieutenant. 

Captain  Conover  found  his  Company  at  the  lowest 
point  it  had  been  for  twenty-five  years;  an  enthusias- 
tic rifle-shot,  he  turned  his  first  attention  to  practice 
at  Creedmoor  and  as  a  result  of  the  summer's  work, 
the  Company  rose  to  sixth  in  the  Regiment,  with  a 
peTcentage  of  16.51,  qualifvinT  26  marksmen,  Cpl.  Green 
leading  the  Company  and  Regiment  and  winning  the 
"Championship  Cup"  against  all  comers  on  a  perfect 
score  of  50.  The  finish  of  the  summer's  work  found  the 
Company  first  in  the  State  with  the  highest  percent- 
age (N.  Y.  State)  on  record:  Volley  and  Skirmish, 
72.66;  Individual,  109.76;  Average,  91.21.  This  won  the 
prize  offered  by  the  State  for  the  highest  "Figure  of 
Merit"  for  the  year  1883.  On  the  International  Rifle 
Team  sent  to  compete  with  the  Volunteers  of  England, 
the  Company  had  the  only  representative  of  the  Regi- 
ment, Private  J.  H.  Brown.  The  drill  season  opened 
with  a  full  quota  on  the  Company  roll  for  the  first 
time  in  about  twenty  years.  The  prestige  of  the 
Company's  success  in  rifle  practice  carried  them  well 
into  the  winter's  work  with  great  enthusiasm,  and 
the  "Abeel  Trophy"  was  won  twice  during  the  winter 
on  scores  of  588  and  595.  The  spirit  of  emulation  en- 
gendered by  rifle  practice  soon  manifested  itself  in 
athletics.  Pvt.  H.  B.  Rich  was  appointed  on  the 
regimental  executive  committee  and  by  his  efforts  the 
Company  came  out  second  in  the  soring  games. 

In  finishing  the  early  and  vivid  period  it  is  a  great 
source  of  regret  that  space  prevents  the  honoring  of 
all  the  names  that  form  links  in  the  chain  of  the 
Company's  history;  like  the  heavens  some  stars  shine 
out  brighter  than  others;  but  to  many  a  cornrade 
•who  never  rose  from  the  ranks  the  Company  is  in- 
debted for  a  large  share  of  its  prosperity  and  success. 

Our  tale  of  history  is  now  quite  through,  for  the 
doings  of  the  last  twenty  years  are  still  memories  of 


men  yet  serving  with  the  Company.  The  dear  past 
is  gone  and  the  present,  or  what  by  comparison  we 
can  call  present,  will  simply  be  a  meagre  recording 
of  incidents  as  well  known  to  most  of  us  as  the  doings 
of  yesterday. 

Captain  Conover  was  commander  of  the  Company 
from  March  31,  1882,  to  October  8,  1895,  when  pro- 
moted Major.  His  lieutenants  were  Willard  C.  Fisk, 
May  29,  1882,  to  Sept.  24,  1889,  when  promoted  to 
Adjutant;  Andrew  J.  Eccles,  Oct.  4,  1889,  to  Jan.  9, 
1895,  resigned;  Roljert  McWilliam,  Feb.  18,  1895,  to 
October  6,  1897,  resigned ;  2nd  Lieutenants  were  Victor 
W.  Voorhees,  May  29,  1882,  to  June  i,  1886,  resigned; 
Tames  McKenna,  June  28,  1886,  to  June  4,  1889,  resigned, 
and  Charles  F.  Bement,  June  14,  1889,  to  March  24,  1896, 
resigned. 

At  the  games  April  3,  1886,  A.  B.  Rich  made  two 
records  in  the  i  mile  bicycle  and  2  mile  bicycle  which 
have  never  been  beaten.  In  Sept.,  1894,  ex-Captain 
Meday  presented  his  portrait  to  the  Company. 

At  the  23d  Regt.  Fair,  Dec,  1894,  Co.  A's  team  of 
Capt.  Conover,  Sgt.  Janssen,  Cpl.  Conroy  and  Pvt. 
Rooney,  won  a  bronze  bust  of  Napoleon,  in  a  shoot- 
ing contest  open  to  all  regiments. 

In  Jan.,  1895,  the  Brooklyn  strike  was  one  of  the 
occasions  when  Capt.  Conover  and  the  old  First  was 
first  all  the  time,  and  stationed  at  Halsey  street  car 
barns,  Co.  A  with  H  and  F,  under  command  of  Maj. 
Kipp  took  the  first  car  through  to  Ridgewood  despite 
a  hot  rain  of  component  parts  of  Brooklyn  life-— baby 
carriages,  trolley  cars  and  bricks.  During  the  thirteen 
years  of  Captain  Conover's  command  the  standard 
of  excellence  in  numbers,  drill,  marksmanship,  ath- 
letics and  principally  discipline  not  only  was  maintain- 
ed but  given  an  impetus  most  marked,  though  not 
first  in  everything  all  the  time  we  were  at  least  first 
most  of  the  time. 

Harry  W.  Janssen  became  Captain  Nov.  11,  1895, 
and  served  till  May  26th,  1898.  With  Capt.  Janssen 
served  ist  Lts.  Robert  McvV^illiam  and  William  E. 
Schastey  (Oct.  22,  1897,  till  he  was  commissioned  in 
the  United  States  service  in  1898)  ;  the  2nd  Lts.  were 
W.  E.  Schastey,  Feb.  3,  1897  to  Oct.  22,  1897;  Charles 
F.  Bement.  Capt.  Janssen  started  with  a  full  Com- 
pany and  with  a  spirit  among  the  men  that  was  mark- 
ed for  its  keen  interest  in  all  that  pertained  to  the 
life  of  the  Company.  He  was  in  command  during  the 
trying  times  when  war  was  declared  with  Spain.  His 
administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Company  was 
marked  for  its  decision  and  tact. 

Let  us  recall  the  names  of  those  men  who  volunteer- 
ed in  the  Spanish  War  as  individuals.  Surely  these 
men  evinced  a  spirit  of  self-sacrifice  and  loyality  that 
deserves  more  than  passing  notice: 

W.  W.  Bryant,  2d  Lt.,  69th  N.  Y.  Vol. 

W.  M.  Connell,  2d  Lt.,  12th  Regt..  N.  Y.  V. 

(Now  in  U.  S.  Service.) 

B.  V.  Curnen,  2d  Lt,  201st  N.  Y.  V. 

Clarence  E.  Delafield.  ist  Lt.,  ist  Mo.  V.  I. 

W.  G.  Messarene,  ist  Lt,  69th  N.  Y.  V. 

Peter  W.  Maguire.  Capt..  69th  N.  Y.  V. 

D.  M.  Miller,  ist  Lt..  9th  N.  Y.  V. 

L.  J.  F.  Rooney.  ist  Lt.,  69th  N.  Y.  V. 

W.  E.  Schastey.   Capt.,  201st  N.  Y.  V. 

H.  E.  Mann,  1st  Lt,   114th  N.  Y.  V. 

(Now  in  U.  S.service.) 

J.  E.  Kelley.  Capt.,  169th  N.  Y.  V. 
and  two  former  members  of  Co.  A.  Capt.  George  H. 
Baker  of  the  Twelfth  and  Eighth  Regiments  and  4.3rd 
U.  S.  Inf..  and  William  F.  Saportas,  who  served  five 
years  in  the  Philippine  Army  and  has  a  record  of 
about  forty-five  engagements  in  which  he  participated. 

At  the  games  Dec.  4.  1897.  D.  Ferguson  established  the 
.\rmor>-  record  for  one  mile  roller  skate  event. 

Capt.  J.  Henry  Townsend  commanded  from  July 
16,  1898.  to  Nov.   I.  1900.  when  promoted  to  the  Fifth 


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brigade  Staff.  His  ist  Lts.  were  John  R.  Cummings, 
Jan.  26,  1899,  to  Nov.  6,  1899;  and  George  A.  Schastey, 
Dec.  14,  1899,  to  Dec.  20,  1900;  and  2nd  Lts.  George  A. 
Schastey,  March  9,  1899,  to  Dec.  14,  1899,  and  John  L. 
Jordan,  Jan.  2  <    1900,  to  Feb.  16,  1903. 

During  the  strike  at  the  Croton  Dam,  April,  1900, 
Companies  A,  B  and  C,  under  command  of  Major 
Conover  were  stationed  at  the  quarry  about  six  miles 
from  Croton  Dam. 

Our  present  Captain,  George  A.  Schastey,  assumed 
command  on  Dec.  20,  1900,  and  under  him  have 
served  as  1st  Lts.,  Paul  R.  Towne,  Jan.  25,  1901  to 
Sept.  29,  1905;  Lt.  Towne  was  Cpl.  of  Co.  B,  also  2nd 
Lt.  in  the  201  N.  Y.  V.,  during  the  Spanish-American 
War;  Lyman  O.  Fisk,  Nov.  14,  1905;  his  2d  Lts.  wer# 
John  L.  Jordan.  Lyman  O.  Fisk,  Mar.  27,  1903  to  Nov. 
14,  1905;  and  Horace  L.  Naisawald,  Jan.  9,  1903. 

To  the  zeal  and  unselfish  devotion  for  the  welfare 
of  the  First  Company  our  Captain  stands  as  a  true 
mark  of  a  man  with  a  purpose.  Discouragement 
faced  him  on  all  sides:  for  a  time  wholesale  honorable 
discharges  were  given  faster  than  recruits  were  made, 


despite  the  enlistment  of  many  new  men.  However, 
our  Captain,  by  his  constant  attention  to  all  branches 
of  Company  life  was  enabled  soon  to  bring  the  Com- 
pany to  its  present  state  of  efficiency. 

In  the  games  of  Dec.  5,  1901,  George  C.  Blad- 
worth  in  the  93  yard  race  equalled  the  record.  In  the 
spring  games  of  1901  the  much  coveted  Nesbitt 
Trophy  was  won  by  our  athletes  and  our  team  dur- 
ing these  games  won  the  only  "tent-raising"  contest 
ever  held  in  the  Armory. 

Bright  indeed  and  true  its  course  must  be  the  star 
that  guides  the  destiny  of  our  Company  and  Regiment; 
and  if  true  the  saying  of  the  Bard  of  Avon,  "It's  not 
the  stars  but  the  man,"  then  truly  must  those  that 
have  gone  before  us  been  men  of  worth  and  will,  for 
surely  they  builded  well  what  we  now  enjoy.  Let 
those  who  are  to  make  the  history  of  the  second  hun- 
dred years  keep  before  them  the  examples  of  the  past 
and  live  always  up  to  "Pro  Patria  et  Gloria." 


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SEVENTH   REGIMENT'S   1905  INTERNATIONAL  RIFLE    TEAM. 

Pvt.  D.  C.  Meyer.     Cpl.  Short.     Lt.  Uhl.  Cpl.  Suydam.      Lt.  Barnard. 

Pvt.  Robinson. 
Capt.  McLean.    Capt.  Underwood.     Capt.  McAlpjn.   Lt.  Crall.       Lt.  Beach. 


The  Second  Company^  Seventh  Regiment 


Ky  Henry  B.  Heylman. 


Out  of  the  echoing  past,  we  hear  again  that 
insolent  shot,  whose  rumblings  have  now  vibrated 
down  through  a  century.  The  story  of  those 
perilous  times,  giving  birth  to  accentuated 
patriotic  manifestations  and  culminating  in  the 
organization  of  a  defense  for  our  homes  and  our 
firesides,  shall  crfttimes  be  retold  during  ouff 
festivities. 

Prosperity  is  born  in  adversity,  as  peace  in 
war ;  and  from  out  those  dark  days  of  bitterness 
and  intense  anxiety  have  sprung  that  love  and  ad- 
miration for  a  worthy  foe,  which  has  been  sub- 
stantially evidenced  by  our  recent  inter-regimental 
relations;" and  in  addition  thereto  that  perfection 
of  organization,  of  which  a  part  is  known  as  "the 
Second  Company,  second  to  none  and  second  in 
name  only." 

THE    MASONIC    NEW    YORK    ARTILLERY. 

The  excitement  caused  by  the  persistence  of 
Great  Britain  in  her  search  of  American  vessels 
to  take  from  them  any  British  subjects  serving 
therein,  the  opening  of  hostilities  in  April,  1806, 
that  led  to  the  War  of  1812,  and  the  dif?iculties 
and  dangers  likely  to  result  from  it,  directed  the 
attention  of  the  patriotic  young  men  of  New- 
York  to  military  organization.  Large  accessions 
to  the  ranks  of  those  companies  already  in  suc- 
cessful existence  immediately  followed,  and  new 
companies  were  promptly  organized.  On  Tues- 
day of  the  following  week.  May  6,  1806,  the 
Masonic  New  York  Artillery,  now  the  Second 
Company  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  commenced 
its  existence.  The  following  young  men 
assembled  at  St.  John's  Hall  in  Frankfort  Street 
near  City  Hall  Park  to  organize  a  new  company 
of  artillery : 

Philip  Becanon.  public  house,  St.  John's  Hall. 

John  Fouston,  watchmaker,  i  Frankfort  St. 

William  Welch,  watchmaker,  William  St. 

Barnet  Anderaise,  merchant  tailor,  Pearl  St. 

John  Bolen,  turner,  76  Chatham  St. 

Robert  Rhodes,  furniture  dealer,  61  Beekman 
Street. 

Noel  Blanche,  chocolate  manufacturer,  21 
Beekman  St. 

James  Hewitt,  music  dealer,  59  Maiden  Lane. 

Edward  Rockwell,  manufacturing  jeweler,  4 
Park  St. 

George  Burchill,  grocer,  182  Front  St. 

D.  Ferren,  public  house,  19  Chatham  Row. 

A  roll  of  parchment,  which  original  roll  is 
now  in  our  possession,  had  been  procured  and 
prepared,  and  the  above-named  gentlemen 
attached  their  names  to  the  following: 

"We  the  undersigned  do  voluntarily  annex  our 


names  under  Captain 


Com- 


pany, by  the  name  of  the 

MASONIC  NEW  YORK  ARTILLERIE 

commanded  by  General  Jacob  Morton,  and  sev- 
erally engaged  to  comply  with  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  New  York  for  organizing  and  regulating 
the  Militia  of  the  said  State." 

The  young  men  who  founded  the  Masonic  New 
York  Artillery  were  of  the  best  class  of  mechan- 
ics and  tradesmen — a  class  to  which  New  York 
owes  much  of  its  wealth  and  greatness.  They 
were  also  members  of  the  Masonic  Order — Philip 
Becanon  and  Barnet  Anderaise  being  prominent 
officers  of  the  Grand  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch 
Masons  and  their  connection  with  that  order  sug- 
gested the  name  of  the  new  company,  and  secured 
its  unanimous  adoption.  They  entered  upon  the 
no  small  task  of  organizing  a  military  companv 
with  an  enthusiasm  and  earnestness  worthy  of 
their  patriotic  purpose,  and  by  the  4th  of  July 
they  had  enrolled  a  sufficient  number  of  members 
to  insure  its  success,  and  had  made  arrangements 
for  its  complete  equipment.  James  Hewitt, 
Barnet  Anderaise  and  Edward  Rockwell 
were  the  leading  spirits  in  the  work  of  organiza- 
tion, and  their  remarkable  activity,  energy  and 
liberality  at  this  period  entitle  them  to  be  named 
as  the  founders  of  the  Second  Company. 

Just  prior  to  1806  the  uniformed  militia  of 
New  York  consisted  of  "The  regiment  of  Ar- 
tillery," the  "Second  Regiment  of  Artillery,"  a 
regiment  of  infantry,  two  or  three  companies  of 
cavalry,  and  several  companies  of  infantry,  in- 
dependent and  unattached.  The  Artillery  regi- 
ments were  under  command  of  Brig.-Gen.  Jacob 
Morton,  prominent  as  a  politician,  a  leader  in 
everv  public  movement  and  of  high  social  posi- 
tion in  addition  to  holding  the  highest  office  in  the 
Masonic  institution  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

JAMES   HEWITT,    FIRST   CAPTAIN.    ( 1S07-S.) 

Headquarters — St.  John's  Hall. 
Twenty-four  names  having  been  enrolled  and 
the  company  having  been  inspected  and  accepted, 
a  meeting  was  held  in  July  for  the  election  of 
officers,  which  resulted  in  the  unanimous  choice 
of  James  Hewitt  as  captain,  Barnet  Anderaise  as 
second  ieutenant,  and  Edward  Rockwell  as  order- 
ly sergeant.  The  first  lieutenancy  for  the  time 
remained  vacant.  The  selection  of  officers  was 
eminently  judicious.  Although  at  this  period,  it 
was  a  prevailing  practice  to  confer  the  offices  of 
military  organizations  upon  those  who  could  con- 
tribute most  liberally  to  their  support,  the  Mason- 
ic New  York  Artillery  was  not  thereby  prevented 


from  bestowing  its  honors  upon  those  who  merit- 
ed them.  Hewitt,  Anderaise  and  Rockwell  were 
men  of  ability,  energy,  social  standing  and  prop- 
erty. 

A  new  regiment  for  Morton's  Brigade,  to  be 
called  the  Third  Regiment,  New  York  Artillery, 
was  being  organized  at  this  time,  and  the  Masonic 
New  York  Artillery  consented  to  take  a  place  m 
its  ranks,  but  as  its  organization  was  not  com- 
pleted until  the  spring  of  1807,  the  company  re- 
mained until  that  time  independent  and  unattach- 
ed. But  the  members  of  the  Masonic  New  York 
Artillery  procured  their  uniforms  at  once  and, 
through  the  influence  of  Gen.  Morton,  were  en- 
abled to  obtain  a  supply  of  arms.  The  uniform 
consisted  of  a  three-cornered  hat  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary style,  with  a  tall,  white  feather,  tipped 
with  red,  blue  coat  with  artillery  buttons,  and 
trimmed  with  red,  white  trousers  and  high-top 
boots.  The  arms  were  of  an  old  pattern  of 
smooth-bore  flint  locks,  and  would  at  this  day  be 
considered  less  dangerous  to  an  enemy  than  to 
those  who  handled  and  discharged  them.  Each 
regiment  of  artillery  in  Morton's  Brigade  con- 
sisted of  a  battalion  with  field-pieces,  and  a  bat- 
talion with  small  arms.  The  Masonic  New  York 
Artillery  decided,  though  not  unanimously,  in 
favor  of  small  arms,  and  from  that  day  to  this, 
the  Company,  though  nominally  artillery,  has 
drilled  as  infantry  or  light  infantry. 

On  Nov.  25,  1806,  the  Masonic  New  York 
Artillery  paraded  with  Gen.  Morton's  Brigade, 
and  its  officers  and  members  spared  no  eflforts  to 
make  its  first  public  appearance  creditable  and 
successful.  With  the  advantage  of  new  uniforms 
and  new  arms,  it  compared  favorably  with  any 
company  in  the  Brigade,  and  Gen.  Morton  per- 
sonally complimented  its  oflFcers  upon  the  fine  ap- 
pearance of  the  new  Company.  At  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  parade,  an  elegant  stand  of  colors  was 
presented  to  Gen.  Morton's  Brigade  in  the  Cit/ 
Hall  Park,  by  De  Witt  Clinton,  Mayor  of  New 
York,  in  behalf  of  the  Corporation. 

It  was  this  same  De  Witt  Clinton,  who  as 
governor,  on  the  Twentieth  anniversary  of  our 
enrolling,  issued  the  following  order,  which  gave 
birth  to  the  Seventh,  as  a  regiment : 

STATE  OF  NEW  YORK— GENERAL  ORDERS. 
Headquarters,  Albany,  May  6,  1825. 
The    Commander-in-Chief    hereby    directs    that    the 
Battalion  of  National  Guards  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
now  under  the  command  of  Lt.-Col.  Prosper  M.  Wet- 
more,  and  attached  to  the  First  Brigade  of  New  York 
Artillery,  be  organized  into  a  new  regiment  to  be  de- 
nominated the  Twenty-Seventh  Regiment  of  Artillery. 
By  order  of 
THE  COMMAKDER-IN-CHIEF. 
N.  T.  Beck,  Adjutant-General. 

At  the  close  of  the  year,  twenty-eight  men  had 
been  enrolled  and  the  Masonic  New  York  Ar- 
tillery had  commenced  its  career  with  flattering 
prospects.    That  it  might  not  be  inferior  to  any  in 


military  acquirements,  the  Company  resolved  to 
drill  regularly  once  a  month. 

.ANDREW    SITCHKR,   COLONEL,   3D  REGT.    N.   Y. 
ARTILLERY. 

The  Third  Regiment  of  Artillery,  under  the 
authority  of  a  special  act  of  the  Legislature,  com- 
pleted its  organization  in  the  spring  of  1807,  and 
Andrew  Sitcher  was  commissioned  as  its  col- 
onel. Gen.  Morton  had  been  untiring  in  his  ef- 
forts for  its  complete  organization,  and  it  parad- 
ed for  the  first  time  on  the  4th  of  July  as  a  part  of 
his  Brigade.  To  this  Regiment,  the  Masonic 
N.  Y.  Artillery,  the  officers  of  which  had  been 
commissioned  by  the  Governor  on  the  6th  of 
April,  was  now  officially  attached.  When  it  be- 
came a  part  of  the  Third  Regiment,  the  Masonic 
N.  Y.  Artillery  gradually  lost  its  original  name, 
and  was  familiarly  known  in  military  circles  as 
"Captain  Hewitt's  Company."  Drills  became 
more  frequent,  and  on  the  anniversary  of  Evacua- 
tion Day,  1807,  forty  members  paraded  in  its 
ranks.  The  Second  Company  drilled  frequently 
at  St.  John's  Hall,  and  besides  participating  in 
the  usual  parades,  united  with  the  Third  Regi- 
ment in  several  field-drills  for  instruction. 

In  the  spring  of  1809,  the  relations  between 
the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  assumed  a 
more  peaceful  aspect ;  and,  on  the  6th  of  May,  a 
General  Order  was  issued,  directing  that  the 
New  York  quota  of  volunteers  and  militia  be  no 
longer  held  in  readiness  for  active  service. 

Captain  Hewitt,  an  Englishman  by  birth,  was 
actuated  by  the  purest  patriotism,  and  as  soon  as 
the  danger  which  threatened  the  country  seemed 
to  have  passed  away  he  retired  from  his  com- 
mand. As  an  officer  he  was  distinguished  for  ex- 
ecutive ability,  which  in  the  early  days  of  the 
Company  was  of  incalculable  value ;  and  though 
not  remarkable  for  military  accomplishments,  he 
was  considered  an  able  and  capable  soldier. 

BARNET    ANDERAISE,    2ND    CAPTAIN.     (1809-1813.) 

Headquarters — St.  John's  Hall. 

In  October,  Captain  Hewitt  resigned  his  com- 
mission. At  an  election,  held  at  St.  John's  Hall 
in  November,  Lt.  Barnet  Anderaise  was  elected 
captain ;  Lt.  Edward  Rockwell,  ist  Lt.,  and  Jere- 
miah Vanderbilt,  2nd.-Lt.  As  was  the  custom  at 
that  period,  the  election  was  followed  by  a  colla- 
tion, at  which  the  newly-elected  officers  thanked 
the  members  of  the  Company  for  their  support 
and  confidence,  and  pledged  a  faithful  and  ener- 
getic performance  of  their  new  duties. 

In  April,  1812,  a  new  regiment  was  officially 
recognized  as  the  Eleventh  Regiment  N.  Y.  Ar- 
tillery, and  Major  Harsen,  of  the  Third  N.  Y. 
Artillery,  was  on  the  23rd  of  May  commissioned 
as  its  colonel.  Col.  Harsen  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  the  Third  Regiment  and  had  been  one  of 
its  most  influential  and  popular  officers  and  the 
flower  of  its  soldiery  followed  him  to  his  new 


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command.  From  the  date  of  its  organization, 
the  Eleventh  Regiment  assumed  a  leading  posi- 
tion in  the  militia  of  New  York,  and  maintained 
its  popularity  unimpaired  until  1824,  when  its 
Second  Battalion  became  the  National  Guards, 
the  nucleus  of  the  famous  Seventh  Regiment. 

By  the  unanimous  consent  of  its  members,  the 
Second  Company  was  transferred  from  the  Third 
to  the.  Eleventh  Regiment. 

Immediately  after  the  declaration  of  war  Lt. 
Vanderbilt  was  in  command  of  the  detachment, 
(its  full  quota,)  furnished  by  the  Second  Com- 
pany, which  after  a  brief  sojourn  at  the  Batterv 
was  conveyed  by  schooner  to  Staten  Island  to 
garrison  Fort  Richmond,  and  thereafter  with 
sixty-one  men.  one  of  the  largest  companies,  was 
stationed  with  its  regiment  at  Bedloe's  Island 
until  the  muster  out. 

Capt.  Anderaise  was  a  man  of  fine  abilities, 
and  an  accomplished  soldier.  To  him  the  Com- 
pany is  chiefly  indebted  for  its  origin  ;  his  activity 
and  energy  secured  its  early  prosperity  and  his 
name  must  ever  rank  among  the  most  distinguish- 
ed in  its  history  for  devotion  to  its  interests  and 
earnest  efforts  for  its  welfare.  As  an  officer,  he 
was  intelligent  and  capable,  and  as  an  instructor, 
he  had  no  superior  in  the  Brigade  of  Artillery. 
He  maintained  and  improved  the  drill  and  disci- 
pline of  the  company. 

EDWARD  ROCKWELL,  3RD  CAPTAIN.    (1813-I5.) 

Headquarters — St.  John's  Hall. 

(Cornelius  Harsen,  Colonel.) 
Immediately  after  the  return  of  the  Second 
Company  from  Bedlow's  Island,  it  was  proposed 
by  Capt.  Anderaise  that  its  muskets  be  exchanged 
for  field-pieces,  and  that  it  become  in  fact,  as  it 
had  always  been  in  name,  an  artillery  company. 
Though  it  was  earnestly  advocated  by  Capt.  An- 
deraise, a  majority  expressed  a  preference  for  the 
musket,  and  voted  against  any  change.  As  Col. 
Harsen  was  anxious  to  increase  the  nth  Regi- 
ment to  two  full  battalions  of  four  companies 
each,  and  as  the  Second  was  comparatively  a 
large  company,  it  was  finally  decided  that  .'t 
should  be  divided,  and  that  those  who  preferred 
artillery  proper  should  follow  Capt.  Anderaise 
and  be  attached  to  the  First  Battalion,  while  those 
who  preferred  the  musket  should  remain  with 
Lieutenants  Rockwell  and  Vanderbilt  in  the 
Second  Battalion.  This  arrangement  was  com- 
pleted ;  Capt.  Anderaise  received  a  new  commis- 
sion as  capt.  in  the  ist  Battalion  of  the  i  ith  Reg't, 
and  Lt.  Rockwell  was  commissioned  as  captain 
in  the  2nd  Battalion.  As  the  majority  of  the 
Second  Company  remained  with  Capt.  Rock- 
well and  continued  in  possession  of  the  arms 
which  it  had  used  since  organization  in  1806,  it 
was  amicably  conceded  that  Capt.  Rockwell's 
Company  should  also  retain  the  original  roll, 
and  be  regarded  the  legitimate  successor  of  the 
old  Masonic  N.  Y.  Artillerv. 


While  again  mustered  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  after  the  capture  of  Washington  in 
1814,  the  Second  Company  labored  four  days 
upon  the  fortifications  at  Brooklyn,  performed 
twelve  days'  garrison  duty  at  the  north  Batter\' 
(near  foot  of  Hubert  Street  and  North  River), 
and  attended  punctually  the  daily  drills  and  par- 
ades. Though  one  of  the  smallest  companies,  it 
performed  in  the  most  creditable  manner  its  full 
share  of  regimental  duty,  and  by  its  spirit  and  ac- 
tivity compensated  for  whatever  it  lacked  in 
numbers.  Except  when  on  duty  at  the  North 
Battery,  the  time  devoted  to  military  affairs  by 
the  members  of  the  Second  Company,  averaged 
about  four  hours  daily,  and  all  were  enabled  to 
give  proper  attention  to  their  domestic  affairs 
and  ordinary  business  pursuits.  Trade  and  com- 
merce were  completely  prostrated,  and  for  that 
reason  the  tour  of  duty  in  1814  was  not  a  heavy 
tax  upon  the  time  and  means  of  the  rank  and 
file. 

Capt.  Rockwell  resigned  his  commission  at  the 
close  of  the  war  on  account  of  failing  health, 
and  the  probability  that  the  country  would  not 
again  require  the  active  services  of  the  militia, 
which  he  had  served  for  nine  years  with  remark- 
able faithfulness  and  devotion.  Though  not  a 
brilliant  officer,  Capt.  Rockwell  was  always 
prompt,  punctual  and  attentive,  and  was  per- 
fectly familiar  with  the  duties  of  the  soldier  and 
the  military  tactics  of  the  period.  He  also  pos- 
sessed fine  business  talents  and  rare  executive 
ability. 

CHRISTOPHER    WOLFE,    4TH    CAPTAIN.     (1815-I9.) 

Headquarters — St.  John's  Hall  and  Harmony 

Hall. 

Thomas  R.  Mercein,  Colonel,  nth  Reg't.  N.  Y. 

Artillery. 

In  common  with  other  military  organizations, 
the  Second  Company  was  seriously  embarrassed, 
at  the  close  of  the  war,  by  the  loss  of  many  of  its 
members ;  and  so  weary  of  military  duty  were 
the  young  men  of  the  city,  that  it  was  found  im- 
possible to  obtain  recruits  for  its  ranks.  Bv 
resignation  and  desertion,  its  number  was  gradu- 
ally reduced,  and,  at  the  close  of  the  year  1815, 
the  Second  Company  could  only  muster  twenty 
active  members. 

Fortunately  Capt.  Wolfe,  vice  Rockwell  re- 
signed, possessed  not  only  the  wealth,  but  the 
energy,  ability,  and  ambition  necessary  to  suc- 
cessfully command  a  company  that  was  weak  iii 
numbers  and  pecuniary  resources,  and  carry  it 
safely  through  a  most  critical  period  in  its  ex- 
istence. 

The  uniform  worn  bv  the  Artillery  of  New 
York  since  1806  was  modified  by  adooting  a  new 
cap  and  other  alterations:  and  St.  John's  Hall 
was  forsaken  for  Harmonv  Hall  on  William  St., 
near  Frankfort  St.,  for  Second  Company  head- 
quarters. 


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GEORGE    W.    BROWN,    COLONEL,    (1817.) 

Capt.  Wolfe,  who  ranks  among  its  most  dis- 
tinguished officers,  served  with  marked  abiHty  as 
a  lieutenant  in  the  war  of  1812,  and,  when  peace 
was  restored,  accepted  the  command  of  the  Com- 
pany and  carried  it  successfully  through  a  most 
critical  period  in  its  history.  Almost  alone  and 
unaided,  he  sustained  its  sinking  fortunes,  and 
saved  its  name  and  Organization  from  extinction. 
For  many  years  after  his  resignation  of  the  Cap- 
taincy, his  interest  in  the  Company  was  unabated ; 
he  paraded  as  a  private  in  its  ranks,  attended  its 
drills  and  meetings,  and  aided  its  finances. 

CHARLES    HULLj    5TH    CAPTAIN.     (1819-23.) 

Headquarters — Harmony     Hall     and     Dooley's 

Long  Room. 

James  Benedict,  Colonel,  nth  Reg't.  N.  Y. 

Artillery. 

During  the  year  1820,  seventeen  new  mem- 
bers were  added.  Although  it  could  boast  no 
progress  or  improvement  in  the  military  art,  the 
Company  was  becoming  popular  and  attractive 
for  its  life  and  gayety,  and  its  members  were 
rapidly  acquiring  the  reputation  of  being  rare 
good  fellows,  if  not  the  best  of  soldiers. 

During  the  years  1821  and  1822,  the  Second 
Company  creditably  performed  its  part  in  all  the 
drills,  parades,  and  excursions  of  the  regiment. 
Its  numbers  were  not  materially  increased,  and 
its  drills  were  only  respectably  attended,  but  in 
all  projects  for  pleasure  and  amusement,  its  mem- 
bers were  notoriously  prominent.  In  fact,  the 
Company  had  been  converted  into  a  club,  half 
social  and  half  military,  and  during  this  unevent- 
ful period,  its  history  furnishes  few  incidents  of 
interest  to  the  succeeding  generation.  In  the 
spring  of  182 1,  its  headquarters  were  removed 
from  Harmony  Hall  to  Dooley's  Long  Room  in 
Duane  and  Anthony  (now  Worth)   Streets. 

Captain  Hull  was  a  well-known  and  popular 
citizen,  and  an  accomplished  gentleman.  He 
joined  the  Company  and  was  rapidly  promoted, 
at  a  period  in  the  history  of  the  militia,  when 
wealth,  social  position,  and  personal  popularity, 
rather  than  military  knowledge  and  soldierly 
qualities,  secured  the  posts  of  honor.  Unfor- 
tunately, he  was  almost  destitute  of  inclination 
for  the  details  of  drill  and  the  routine  of  military 
duty,  and  during  his  administration,  the  company 
gradually  lost  its  strictly  military  character,  and 
acquired  the  habits  and  characteristics  of  a  social 
and  convivial  association. 

JOHN  TELFAIR,   6tH  AND   lOTH  CAPTAIN. 
(1823-27.) 

Headquarters — Dooley's  Long  Room. 
Peter  W.  Spicer,  Colonel,  nth  Reg't.  N.  Y. 

Artillery. 
It  was  in  1824  that  the  Marquis  de  Lafayette 
visited  America ;  and  at  the  review  the  remark 


by  some  one  regarding  National  Guards  was 
electric — and  the  name  of  National  Guards  was 
enthusiastically  adopted  by  the  New  Battalion 
mentioned  hereafter.  It  was  at  this  time  that  the 
gray  uniform  was  adopted,  and  in  the  first  turn- 
out thereafter,  forty-eight  men  appeared  in  the 
ranks  of  which  thirty-one  were  members  of  the 
Second  Company ;  and  the  whole  was  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Telfair,  who  provided  the 
cash  for  the  uniforms  and  collected  it  piecemeal. 

The  great  event  of  this  season  was  the  develop- 
ment and  consummation  of  the  plans  for  the 
formation  of  a  new  battalion,  formerly  the  Second 
Battalion  of  the  nth  Reg't.,  then  detached  there- 
from and  temporarily  attached  to  the  Second 
Reg't  of  Infantry  commanded  by  Col.  Manly. 
So  much  ill  feeling  was  created  over  questions  of 
seniority  that  they  welcomed  the  order  that 
shortly  detached  the  battalion  of  National  Guards 
and  made  it  a  distinct  organization,  subsequently 
known  as  the  Twenty-seventh  Regiment.  It  was 
after  this  that  for  business  meetings  and  elections 
the  Headquarters  were  changed  to  Shakespere 
Tavern  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Fulton  and 
Nassau  Sts.,  a  land  mark  now  famous  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  as  the  place  of  re- 
organization on  August  25,  1824, 

PROSPER  M.   WETMORE,  COLONEL  27TH  REG't.    N.  Y. 

In  1826,  Baron  Steuben's  tactics  were  sup- 
planted by  Scott's,  and  the  uniform  was  again 
changed.  Target  excursions  and  other  entertain- 
ments were  numerous ;  and  on  Independence  Dav 
and  Evacuation  Day  anniversaries  the  regular 
parades  were  made  in  this  and  for  many  years 
thereafter.  In  1827,  by-laws  were  adopted  which 
make  curious  reading  to-day. 

Although  the  history  of  the  Second  Company 
up  to  this  point  has  been  that  of  the  tributarv 
which  flowed  into  and  made  up  the  stream  now 
become  a  full  grown  river,  from  this  time  on,  its 
history  is  swallowed  up  in  that  of  the  greater  or- 
ganization. Its  Captains,  (7)  Sidney  P.  In- 
graham  in  1826,  (8)  Ezra  F.  Raymond  in  1827, 
(9)  Richard  Ellison  in  1828,  (6)  'and  ( 10)  John 
Telfair  again  in  1833,  (n)  John  Cinnmings  and 
(12)  William  Williams  in  1836,  (11)  and  (13) 
John  Cummings  again  in  1839,  (14)  Abram  Dur- 
yee  in  1844,  (15)  William  H.  Williams  in  1845, 
(16)  William  A.  Pond  in  1849,  (17)  Alexander 
Shaler  1850,  (18)  Emmons  Clark  1860,  (19) 
Peter  Palmer  in  1864,  (20)  Charles  S.  Van  Nor- 
den  in  1867,  (21)  Henrv  S.  Steele  in  1878,  (22) 
Dpniel  A.  Nesbitt  in  1889  and  (23)  James  E. . 
Schuyler  from  1897  to  date,  furnish  a  list  of 
which  we  can  be  justly  proud. 

The  history  of  the  Company  during  their  sev- 
eral administrations  is  but  a  reflection  of  the 
captains  themselves.  The  tastes  of  the  Company 
were  represented  in  these  selections  and  the 
strength,  ability,  soldierly  qualities  and  eff"orts  of 


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the  captains  were  the  forces  that  made  the  Com- 
pany what  it  was. 

SIDNEY  p.   INGRAHAM,  7TH   CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Dooley's  Long  Room. 
Capt.  Ingraham  not  having  served  an  appren- 
ticeship in  the  ranks  of  the  Company  had  en- 
countered numerous  difficulties.  When  elected 
to  the  captaincy  he  succeeded  an  officer  of  long 
experience  and  great  personal  popularity,  and  to 
this  and  to  various  other  circumstances,  must  be 
attributed  the  decline  in  the  prosperity  of  the 
Company  during  his  administration.  He  was  not 
a  strict  disciplinarian,  nor  a  thorough  military 
instructor. 

EZRA   F.    RAYMOND,   8tH    CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Military   Hall. 

Capt.  Raymond  was  an  accomplished,  scientific, 
and  practical  soldier.  With  a  large  and  valuable 
experience  in  other  military  organizations,  he  en- 
tered upon  his  duties  in  the  Second  Company, 
with  energy  and  intelligence.  But  the  thorough 
drill  and  discipline  which  he  introduced,  was  not 
to  the  taste  of  some  who  had  been  accustomed  to 
the  free  and  easy  military  ways  and  manners  of 
the  last  few  years,  and  Capt.  Raymond  was  deep- 
ly disappointed  at  the  small  attendance  (fre- 
quently not  more  than  six  at  a  regular  drill)  and 
the  general  lack  of  military  enthusiasm.  His 
military  pride  would  not  allow  him  to  remain  in 
a  position  in  which  so  few  members  enthusiastic- 
ally supported  his  laudable  efforts,  and  the  Sec- 
ond Company  soon  lost  its  able  commandant. 

RICHARD    ELLISON,    QTH    CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Chatham    St.,    Corner    of    Mott, 

Stoneall's  Shakespere  Tavern  and 

Milne's  Tavern. 

Capt.  Ellison  was  able  and  capable,  but  not  as 
active,  energetic,  and  enthusiastic  as  his  position 
demanded.  Elected  its  captain  from  the  ranks  of 
the  Fourth  Company,  he  cherished  his  early  mili- 
tary attachment,  and  failed  to  transfer  any  great 
portion  of  his  affection  to  the  organization  which 
had  honored  him  with  its  highest  office.  The 
jealousy  of  the  members  of  the  Second  Com- 
pany was  naturally  aroused,  and  the  popularity  of 
Capt.  Ellison  gradually  waned  until  his  resigna- 
tion was  accepted  with  scarcely  a  regret.  The 
drills  held  monthly  during  this  period  were  at- 
tended frequently  by  less  than  12  men,  including 
officers.  The  first  encampment — Camp  Clinton, 
Poughkeepsie — was  in  183 1,  penalties  being  or- 
deried  for  all  who  did  not  attend. 

In  all  256  attended,  of  which  22  were  servants. 
The  board  of  officers  resolved  in  1832,  that  the 
27th  Reg't  heretofore  known  as  the  National 
Guards,  should  thereafter  be  called  the  National 
Guard.  At  inspection  the  Company  paraded  2"] 
of  the  435  present. 


JOHN  TELFAIR,  6tH  AND  lOTH  CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Enterpian  Hall  and  Chamber's 
Sixth  Ward  Hotel. 
During  both  of  the  administrations  of  Capt. 
Telfair,  the  Second  Company  maintained  a  high 
state  of  prosperity ;  for,  although  he  was  not  a 
strict  disciplinarian,  nor  fond  of  the  details  of  drill, 
he  had  the  happy  faculty  of  attracting  young  men 
to  his  command.  He  belonged  to  that  old  school 
of  officers,  who  loved  the  militia  service  for  its 
sociability,  its  display,  and  its  parades,  rather  than 
its  drills  or  its  military  tactics ;  and  maintained  a 
high  social  position.  The  first  riot  duty,  at  the 
Abolition  Riots  in  1834,  was  creditably  perform- 
ed, as  also  in  the  riots  of  1836. 

JOHN   CUMMINGS,    IITH   AND    I3TH    CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Military  Hall,  Central  Drill 

Rooms,  Synn's  Hotel,  and  Fusiliers' 

Armory. 

Capt.  Cummings,  a  thorough  practical  and 
theoretical  soldier,  was  active,  prompt  and  intelli- 
gent in  the  discharge  of  his  duties ;  and  his  sound 
judgment  and  practical  common  sense,  command- 
ed universal  respect  and  attention.  Though  edu- 
cated in  that  old  school,  in  which  drill  and  disci- 
pline were  secondary  to  conviviality  and  socia- 
bility ;  he  labored  earnestly  during  his  whole 
career,  to  elevate  the  military  condition  and  stand- 
ing of  the  Co.  His  unselfish  devotion  to  its  inter- 
ests was  remarkable.  Tn  the  Croton  Strike  of  1840 
no  extensive  duty  was  done. 

WILLIAM    WILLIAMS,    I2TH    CAPTAIN 

Headquarters — Sixth  Ward  Hotel,  Military  Hall, 
and  Central  Drill  Rooms. 
Capt.  Williams  was  a  good  soldier,  fond  of 
military  duty,  familiar  with  military  tactics,  al- 
ways active  and  laborious  and  thoroughly  de- 
voted to  the  welfare  of  his  command.  Unfortun- 
ately the  financial  troubles  of  1837-38  prevented 
any  important  accessions  to  the  ranks  and  caused 
the  loss  of  many  members  previously  enlisted, 
twelve  men  was  the  average  attendance  at  drills. 

ABRAM  DURYEE,  I4TH  CAPTAIN 

Headquarters — Columbian  Hall. 
The  election  of  Abram  Duryee  in  1840  to  a 
lieutenancy  marks  an  era  in  its  history.  Pre- 
viously to  that  time,  it  had  not  been  distinguished 
for  superiority  in  drill  or  discipline,  but,  like 
many  other  military  organizations,  was  social 
rather  than  military  in  its  character,  and  more 
fond  of  military  display  and  its  attendant  amuse- 
ments than  of  the  patient  labor  by  which  thorough 
solderly  attainments  are  acquired.  His  advent 
inaugurated  a  complete  revolution,  and  during 
the  six  years  of  his  service  as  its  lieutenant  and 
captain,  it  was  transformed  into  a  thoroughly 
drilled  and  disciplined  corps.  Natural  talent, 
remarkable    enthusiasm,    constant   practice,   anJ 


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diligent  study,  made  him  a  superior  military  in- 
structor, and  a  line  officer  of  remarkable  ac- 
complishments. During  his  administration,  a 
spirit  of  military  pride  and  emulation  was 
aroused ;  drills,  which  in  former  days  had  been 
considered  a  nuisance,  became  interesting  as 
well  as  instructive ;  inattention  to  duty  was  voted 
an  offense,  which  merited  the  severest  punish- 
ment; in  short,  Capt.  Duryee,  by  faithful  labor, 
intelligent  management,  and  in  the  face  of  many 
difficulties  and  discouragements,  elevated  the 
Company  to  a  most  commanding  position,  and 
when  promoted  to  the  majority  in  1845.  he  left 
it  in  the  highest  state  of  prosperity.  Encamp- 
ments and  target  excursions  were  annual,  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  being  Camp  Schuyler  at 
Albany,  with  forty  men  in  the  Second's  ranks. 

WILLIAM    H.    WILLIAMS,    I5TH    CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — St.  John's  Hall  and 
Mercer  House. 
Capt.  Williams,  found  it  no  easy  task  to  follow 
in  the  footsteps  of  so  able  and  popular  an  officar 
as  Duryee,  or  to  preserve  the  character  and  rep- 
utation of  the  corps.  He  was  not  a  thorough 
instructor,  and  failed  to  maintain  its  high  stan- 
dard of  drill  and  discipline.  This  lost  him  the 
confidence  of  the  veterans  who  had  served  under 
Cummings  and  Duryee.  To  secure  the  harmony 
and  prosperity  of  the  Company,  he  resigned  his 
commission,  but  still  remained  its  warm  and 
devoted  friend.  The  name  of  the  Twenty-seventh 
Regiment  was  at  this  time,  1847,  changed  to 
the  Seventh  Regiment. 

WILLIAM   A.    POND,    i6tH   CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Mercer  House. 
Capt.  Pond  was  passionately  fond  of  the  mili- 
tary art.  He  had  no  superior  as  a  practical  and 
theoretical  soldier.  His  devotion  to  the  2d  Com- 
pany was  a  pleasing  trait  in  his  character,  and 
while  others  governed  by  an  iron  will,  by  fear 
or  favor,  or  by  physical  or  mental  power,  Capt. 
Pond  commanded  respect  and  obedience,  by  con- 
fidently relying  upon  the  affection  of  his  com- 
rades. In  the  Astor  Place  riots  of  '49,  especially 
hazardous  duty  was  assigned  to  this  Company. 

ALEXANDER  SHALER,   I7TH   CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Broadway  House  and 
National  Drill  Room. 
Capt.  Shaler  of  the  "Shaler  Cut,"  was  one  of 
the  most  able  and  distinguished  officers  that 
figures  in  its  history.  During  the  early  years 
of  his  captainship,  he  encountered  difficulties  and 
embarassments  to  which  a  less  resolute  man 
would  have  succumbed.  Nearly  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  company  were  much  older  than  him- 
self, and  were  not  disposed  to  submit  quietly  to 
the  thorough  drill  and  rigid  discipline  which 
he  believed  necessary  to  the  complete  success 
of  a  military  organization.  The  result  was  op- 
position, faction  and  controversy ;  and  it  was  not 


until  1856-58,  when  younger  and  more  enthusi- 
astic men  obtained  control  of  the  Company,  that 
it  began  to  assume  the  proud  position  it  has 
since  maintained,  or  that  Capt.  Shaler  secured  the 
military  reputation  that  his  talents  merited.  As 
a  drill  officer,  Capt.  Shaler  had  no  superior. 
With  an  eye  that  instantly  detected  the  slightest 
error,  with  a  mind  that  intuitively  seized  upon 
the  important,  as  well  as  the  nice  points,  which 
constitute  the  complete  soldier,  and  with  a  happy 
faculty  of  imparting  military  knowledge  to 
others,  he  was  a  model  for  a  company  instructor. 
The  police  riots  occurred  in  '57,  and  the  Dead 
Rabbit  riots  in  the  same  year,  at  both  of  which 
the  Second  assisted.  The  overcoat  was  adopted 
in  1850  none  having  been  worn  before  then. 
The  Coat  of  Arms  and  motto  were  also  adopted. 

EMMONS    CLARK,    IBtH    CAPTAIN. 

Headquarters — Seventh  Regt.  Armory 
Of  Capt.  Clark,  nothing  can  be  said  which 
a  Second  Company  man  does  not  know  by  heart. 
Following  a  man  of  Gen.  Shaler's  force  and 
ability  was  an  undertaking  difficult  beyond  all 
means  of  calculation.  Nevertheless,  his  remark- 
able success  as  a  company  leader  and  drill  master, 
his  ability  as  a  tactician  and  strategist,  his  de- 
votion to  his  men  and  love  for  the  military  place 
him  on  a  pinnacle  in  our  hearts.  His  command 
during  the  War  of  Rebellion  was  the  cynosure 
of  all  eyes.  In  its  prompt  response  to  the  gov- 
ernment call  and  when  returning  from  one  tour 
of  duty  to  defend  its  own  city,  it  was  enthusi- 
astically applauded ;  and  its  position  in  the  van 
of  the  advance  guard  from  Annapolis  on  to  Wash- 
ington in  April  '61  has  been  much  commented 
upon,  as  due  to  the  calibre  of  the  leader  and 
proficiency  of  the  Second  Company.  In  enthusi- 
asm, devotion  and  personal  hard  work,  Capt. 
Clark  had  no  equal.  For  the  perpetuation  of 
the  past  glories  of  the  pride  of  his  heart,  he 
compiled  a  History  of  the  Second  Company, 
(from  which  extracts  are  taken  bodily  to  form 
this  sketch)  and  a  History  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment of  which  he  has  been  one  of  its  most  illus- 
trious colonels. 

Justice  could  not  be  done  in  the  limited  space 
alloted  to  this  sketch,  to  the  work  of  the  Second 
Company  and  the  part  it  played  in  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion.  Any  attempt  to  digest  and  extract 
what  has  been  so  ably  reduced  to  essence  by 
Gen.  Clark  would  be  unsatisfactory  in  no  small 
degree.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  amidst  all  their 
garrison  duty,  arduous  routine,  and  anxious 
moments,  time  and  opportunity  were  found  for 
merry  making  and  amateur  theatricals  in  which 
the  Old  Second  were  leaders.  Riot  duty  and  war 
service  found  them  capable  men. 

PETER   PALMER,    IQTH    CAPTAIN.. 

Capt.  Palmer,  a  thorough  soldier  and  an  ex- 
cellent officer,   was   reliable,   faithful   and   con- 


scientious  in  the  discharge  of  his  military  duties. 
During  his  administration,  the  Second  Company, 
which  under  Captains  Shaler  and  Clark,  had 
become  distinguished  for  its  drill,  discipline  and 
numerical  strength,  maintained  its  prestige  un- 
impaired. 

CHARLES  S.  VAN  NORDEN,  20TH  CAPTAIN. 

Capt.  Van  Norden  was  distinguished  for  his 
devotion  to  the  Regiment,  and  for  faithful  and 
intelligent  discharge  of  his  military  duties. 
During  his  long  administration,  the  Second  Com- 
pany maintained  its  high  character  for  drill  and 
discipline,  and  continued  without  interruption  its 
remarkable  career  of  prosperity.  He  was  ex- 
tremely nervous  in  temperament,  reserved  and 
dififident  manner,  and  withal  eccentric. 

HENRY   S.    STEELE,    21  ST    CAPTAIN. 

To  the  faithfulness,  devotion  and  enthusiasm 
of  Capt.  Steele,  who  twice  ran  the  gamut  of 
commissioned  and  non-commissioned  officers,  to 
a  great  extent  is  fairly  due  the  remarkable  suc- 
cess and  prosperity  of  the  Second  Company  dur- 
ing his  long  control.  In  rifle  practice,  in  athlet- 
isc,  and  in  everything  military  and  semi-military 
that  could  add  to  the  fame  of  his  command  and 
of  the  Seventh  Regt.,  he  was  at  all  times  an  in- 
spiring leader  ;and  magnetic  influence  secured 
from  his  subordinates  the  same  enthusiastic  ser- 
vice. Capt.  Steele  must  alwavs  hold  high  rank 
among  the  distinguished  and  successful  Cap- 
tains of  the  Seventh  Regt. ;  for  he  secured  more 
harmonious  work  out  of  his  one  hundred  and 
three  men,  than  any  other  captain  of  this  or  pos- 
sibly any  other  company  in  the  Regiment.  For 
his  whole  eleven  years  the  Second  Company  was 
at  the  top  in  everything,  including  fun  making, 
the  Dude  Parade  being  a  sample  of  the  latter. 

DANIEL  A.    NESBITT,   22ND  CAPTAIN. 

With  Captain  Ncsbitt  at  the  wheel  and  Lt. 
Merritt  as  his  right  hand,  the  shooting  element. 


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keen  for  the  butts,  continued  the  remarkable  show 
of  ability  of  his  predecessor,  and  many  were  the 
trophies   captured;    for    B   continued   to  be    the- 
shooting     company,     and     during    the  Brooklyn. 
Strike  of  1895,  its  proficiency  was  made  use  of. 
The  good  fellowship  that  existed  savored  of 
the  days  when  the  social  held  equal  sway  with 
the  martial.     Although  the  use  of  the  rifle  was. 
the  keynote  of  his  plan  of  conduct,  nevertheless, 
the   soldierly   bearing  and   full   ranks   of   Capt._ 
Nesbitt's  command  were  marked  and  prominent. 

JAMES   E.    SCHUYLER,   23RD   CAPTAIN.    . 

By  brevet  a  Major,  with  a  record  of  twenty- 
seven  years  without  missing  a  roll  call,   Capt. 
Schuyler  is  responsible  for  an  enthusiastic  and. 
dashing  administration  which  will  stand  compar- 
ison with  any  that  has  gone  before.     With  full 
ranks,  one  hundred  and  three  men  on  the  roll,, 
one  of  the  first  three  at  the  dam  in  the  Crotoa 
trouble ;  and  which  in  four  out  of  five  competi- 
tions has  captured  a  first  or  second  prize  of  the 
Brigade    Match   at    Creedmoor,   his    remarkable 
personality,      versatile      accomplishments      and 
thorough   methods    of   discipline,   have   marked 
the   Second  Company  with  snap  and  dash,  the 
characteristic  predominant  in  the  composition  of" 
this  man.    Cool  in  confusion  and  stubborn  in  en- 
counter, he  inspired  his  command  with  that  con- 
fidence so  necessary  in  successful  leaders. 

To  enumerate  the  gallant  acts  and  heroic  cond- 
duct  of  the  eighty-one  men  from  this  Company 
on  the  roll  of  honor,  and  the  honors  and  accom- 
plishments that  have  fallen  to  the  lot  of  its 
graduates,  and  the  recognition  and  acknowl- 
edgement, bestowed  by  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, would  be  beyond  the  limits  of  this  story  of  ' 
origin. 

Preparedness  is  our  keynote ;  and  with  our 
motto,  fortifier,  Meliter,  feliciter,  Minute-men 
of  76,  the  Second-men  of  1906  salute  you. 


THE  DAYS  OF  GRAY     JACKETS   AND    WALL   TENTS    AT   PEEKSKILL. 


Photo  by  Pack  Bros.  . 


The  Third  Company,  Seventh  Regiment 


BY    COOLEY    S.     CHAPIN. 


Company  C  was  organized  in  May,  1806, 
by  leading  business  men  of  New  York,  inspired 
by  patriotism  and  a  desire  to  serve  in  the  de- 
fense of  the  City.  Fear  of  trouble  with  Eng- 
land, caused  by  our  refusal  to  consent  to  the 
right  of  search  heretofore  exercised  by  British 
vessels  over  American  craft  entering  New 
York  Harbor,  was  the  primary  cause  which  led 
to  the  formation  of  the  body  of  citizen  soldiers, 
\yi  which  for  the  last  century  every  Third  Com- 
pany man  has  been  so  justly  proud. 

The  organization  of  the  Third  Company  (of 
artillery)  was  completed  by  the  election  of 
John  Fleming  as  Captain,  Theophilus  W. 
Smith,  First  Lieutenant,  and  Alpheus  Sher- 
man, Second  Lieutenant. 

John  Fleming  was  recognized  as  one  of 
New  York's  representative  citizens,  with  a  high 
standing  as  a  merchant,  and  for  a  long  period 
was  Cashier  and  President  of  the  Mechanics 
Bank,  as  well  as  City  Chamberlain.  He  also 
must  have  possessed  quite  a  speculative  ten- 
dency, as  it  is  related  that  he  at  one  time  drew 
a  prize  of  $3,000  in  a  lottery.  His  great  execu- 
tive ability  and  fine  business  talents  were  in- 
strumental in  placing  the  Third  Co.  upon  a 
firm  foundation,  and  during  his  administration 
and  for  many  years  thereafter  the  Company 
was  distinguished  for  its  activity  and  military 
efficiency  and  for  the  high  character  of  its 
members. 

It  was  customary  at  this  time  to  confer  the 
offices  of  military  organizations  upon  those 
who  could  contribute  most  liberally  in  time 
and  money  to  their  support. 

Apropos  of  this  condition  may  be  mention- 
ed the  recent  change  in  the  manner  of  wearing 
the  chevrons,  which  insignia  was  inherited 
from  feudal  days,  and  meant  a  roof.  'A  man 
who  had  rank  enough  to  be  a  non-commission- 
ed officer,  was  required  to  be  a  free  holder,  a 
man  who  owned  the  roof  over  his  head.  The 
chevron  represented  a  gable  roof.  The  increase 
in  rank  for  different  grades  of  non-commission- 
ed oificers  was  measured  by  additional  roofs, 
the  sergeant,  for  instance,  having  three  chev- 
rons, against  one  for  a  lance  corporal.  This 
condition  of  affairs  does  not  obtain  at  the 
present  time.  Nothing  but  loyal,  conscientious 
work,  and  an  intelligent  devotion  to  duty,  can 
gain  advancement  in  the  organization  of  to- 
day. 

The  uniform  adopted  was  the  blue  artillery 
coat,  red  trimmings,  three-cornered  hat  with 
tall  white  feather,  white  vest  and  trousers.     It 


was  decided  to  have  the  Company  drill  with 
muskets  instead  of  field  pieces  and  from  that 
day  to  this,  though  nominally  artillery,  C.  Co.'s 
members  have  drilled  as  infantry.  Drills  for 
purpose  of  instruction,  at  this  time,  were  held 
in  the  afternoon  in  the  open  air.  History  tells 
us  nothing  as  to  where  the  men  gathered  when 
drill  was  over. 

The  first  parade  was  held  on  Nov.  25,  1806, 
the  twenty-third  anniversary  of  the  Evacuation 
of  New  York  by  the  British  (  can  it  be  possible 
that  this  occasion  has  any  connection  with  the 
use  of  that  very  popular  number  at  the  present 
time?).  The  review  was  at  the  Battery,  and 
witnessed  by  a  large  and  enthusiastic  con- 
course of  people. 

From  the  official  records  of  1808  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  Third  Co.  was  not  as  strong  nu- 
merically as  now,  numbering  as  it  did  but 
forty-one  men.  In  1809,  legislation  was  enacted 
which  required  a  minimum  of  twelve  drills 
each  year.  The  term  of  service  was  fixed  at 
seven  years,  and  all  members  were  exempted 
from  jury  duty  and  taxes  on  property  to  the 
value  of  $500. 

In  1813,  Capt.  Fleming  was  appointed  sec- 
ond major  and  shortly  after  resigned.  Lieut. 
Geo.  Talcott,  Jr.,  was  elected  captain  of  the 
Third  Co.,  vice  Fleming,  promoted,  and  sub- 
sequently accepted  a  commission  in  the  U.  S. 
Army,  and  was  succeeded  as  captain  by  Lieut. 
George  H.  Stanton. 

Capt.  George  Talcott,  Jr.,  enlisted  in  the 
Third  Co.  soon  after  its  organization.  He  be- 
came a  corporal  and  sergeant  in  1809,  second 
lieutenant  in  1810,  first  lieutenant  in  1812  and 
captain  in  1813.  Later  in  1813,  he  was  com- 
missioned in  the  regular  army  and  afterward 
became  known  as  one  of  the  greatest  ordnance 
experts  in  the  country. 

From  the  foregoing  sketch  of  the  early 
history  of  the  Company  and  the  general  idea 
that  may  be  gathered  of  the  social  and  busi- 
ness character  of  the  officers  and  men,  it  is 
readily  apparent  that  the  Third  Company  was 
built  on  no  unstable  foundation,  and  that  the 
Company  has  always  been  blessed  with  mem- 
bers of  whom  the  entire  Regiment  might  well 
be  proud. 

The  following  officers  have  been  in  com- 
mand of  the  Company  during  the  period  indi- 
cated below : 

1806  John  Fleming,  1818  Peter  Bolles, 

1813  George  Talcott,  Jr.  1818  Mathias  O'Connor, 

1813  George  H.  Stanton,  1819  John  D.  Wilson, 

1817  Andrew  T.  Goodrich,  1823  William  B.  Curtis, 


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1825  David  T.  Valentine,  1843  Henry  R.  Mount, 

1827  James  D.  Phillips,  1848  James  Price, 

1830  William  Jones,  1861  George  T.  Haws, 

1834  Robert  B.  Ruggles,  1864  John  W.  Murray, 

1835  William  Jones,  1866  Don   Alonzo    Pollard, 

1837  Albert  H.  Doughty,  1898  John   W.    McDougall. 

1838  William  W.  Lyon, 

Don  Alonzo  Pollard  has  the  record  for  long 
service  as  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Third 
Company,  but  it  is  the  earnest  and  heartfelt 
wish  of  every  man  on  our  roster  to-day,  that 
Captain  McDougall  may  be  with  us  long 
enough  to  exceed  ex-Captain  Pollard's  record 
— great  though  it  is. 

The  Third  Co.  has  ever  been  in  the  van  in 
Regimental  affairs,  so  that  the  story  of  the 
Regiment's  life  is  practically  the  story  of  the 
life  of  Co.  C. 

The  following  from  the  Adjt.-Genl.'s  report 
will  give  a  fair  idea  of  the  service  seen  by  the 
men  of  Co.  C  from  the  earlier  days  up  tc 
more  recent  times. 

"Companies  A,  B,  C  and  D  were  organized 
during  the  excitement  created  by  the  firing  of 
British  at  American  vessels  off  Sandy  Hook, 
in  April,  1806,  as  the  first,  second,  third  and 
fourth  companies,  and  June  25th  they  were 
officially  recognized  by  the  State  as  part  of  the 
uniformed  militia  of  the  State  and  attached  to 
the  battalion  of  artillery  commanded  by  Major 
Andrew  Sitcher.  April  5,  1807,  the  battalion, 
in  the  organization  of  the  3d  Regt.  of  New 
York  Artillery,  became  its  2d  Battalion. 
When  the  war  with  England  became  imminent 
in  1807,  these  four  companies,  with  other  vol- 
unteers, were  temporarily  organized  as  a  regi- 
ment, commanded  by  Col.  Peter  Curtenius,  and 
remained  thus  detached  until  April  20,  1809. 
In  1812,  the  3d  became  the  nth  Regt.  of  Artil- 
lery, the  four  companies  remaining  the  2d 
Battalion.  August  25,  1824,  the  battalion  was 
named  'Battalion  of  National  Guards'  (its  dis- 
tinctive name,  until,  in  1862,  the  Legislature 
appropriated  it  for  the  uniformed  militia),  and 
in  December,  1824,  the  fifth  company  was  or- 
ganized and  Capt.  Stevens'  company  of  the 
nth  New  York  Artillery  transferred  to  it  as 
the  Sixth  Co.  In  January,  1825,  the  battalion 
was  transferred  to  the  2d  New  York  Artillery. 
Oct.  I,  1825,  the  battalion  was  detached  and  or- 
ganized as  a  separate  and  independent  battal- 
ion, and  during  the  month  the  seventh  com- 
pany was  organized.  May  4,  1826,  the  organi- 
zation of  the  eighth  company  was  completed, 
and  May  6th  the  battalion  was  organized  into 
a  regiment,  the  27th  Artillery.  April  17,  1838, 
a  troop  of  cavalry  was  admitted  to  the  regi- 
ment, which,  in  1861,  became  the  ninth  com- 
panv.  In  1843,  the  State  furnished  the  regi- 
ment with  arms,  it  having  hitherto  provided 
them  itself.  July  27th,  1847,  the  designation 
of  the  regiment  was  changed  to  the  7th  Regt. 


In  April,  1849,  an  engineer  corps  was  organ- 
ized, which;  in  1861,  became  the  tenth  company. 
The  Regiment  was  frequently  ordered  to  hold 
itself  ready  for  service,  and  did  active  service 
for  the  United  States,  the  State  and  New  York 
city,  as  follows:  In  the  United  States  service 
from  Sept.  15  to  Dec.  15,  1812;  from  Sept.  2 
to  Dec.  2,  1814;  from  April  iq  to  June  3,  1861 ; 
from  May  26  to  Dec.  5,  1862;  from  June  17  to 
July  21,  1863.  In  support  of  the  State  or 
municipal  authority :  Execution  of  James 
Reynolds,  Nov.  19,  1825 ;  at  the  Election  Riots, 
April  10,  1834;  Abolition  riot,  July  11  to  12, 
1834 ;  great  conflagration  in  New  York  city, 
Dec.  17,  1835;  Stevedore  riot,  Feb.  24,  1836; 
Flour  riots,  Feb.  6  and  Mar.  6,  1837 ;  Anti-rent 
war,  Dec.  9  and  10,  1839 :  Croton  water  riot, 
April  22  to  23,  1840;  fire  in  New  York  city, 
July  19  to  21,  1845;  Astor  Place  riot.  May  10, 
12  and  14,  1849;  Police  riot,  June  16,  1857; 
Dead  rabbit  riot,  July  5,  1857;  Quarantine  war, 
Jan.  3,  1859;  preserving  order  at  camp  of 
Spinola  Brigade,  Sept.  12  to  19,  1862;  Draft 
riots,  July,  1863;  Orange  riots,  July,  1871 ; 
Labor  riots,  July,  1877;  Motorman's  strike, 
Brooklyn,  January,  1895 ;  and  at  strike,  Croton 
Dam,  April,  1900." 

The  Roll  of  Honor  (which  follows)  contains 
the  names  and  rank  of  the  Third  Co.  members 
who  served  in  the  regular  and  volunteer  army 
and  navy  of  the  United  States  during  the  war 
for  the  Union,  1861 — 1865. 

Capt.  George  W.  Bacon,       Maj.  Thomas  F.  Smith, 
Col.  William  P.  Bailey,         Lt.  Joseph  M.  Stamford, 
Lt.  John  H.  Baker,  Capt.  Waldo  Sprague, 

Capt.  Eugene  F.  Benedict,   Capt.  Theodore  Stagg, 
Lt.  George  B.  But'.er,  Jr.,       Sgt.  Hugh  B.  Thomson, 
Capt.  A.  B.  Bush,  Gen.  Henry  E.  Tremain, 

Lt.-Col.W.H.  Cheesebrough.Lt.  Walter  R.  Tremain, 
Col.  Clinton  G.  Colgate,         Capt.  William  W.  Tracy, 
Paymr.  L.  P.  Crane,  Lt.-Col.  Thos.  R.  Turnbull, 

Lt.  Gardner  K.  Doughty,       Capt.  George  Tuthill, 
Lt.-Col.  Thomas  Elliot,  Surg.  Thomas  B.  Tuthill, 

Capt.  Latham  A.  Fish,  Sgt.  Lewis  C.  Updike, 

Adj.  Philip  D.  Gulager,        U.  S.  N.  Jas.  B.  Van  Cleef, 
Capt.  Moses  C.  Hagadorn,  Capt.  John  W.  Lewis,  Jr. 
Gen.  Joseph  E.  Hamblin,       Sgt.  David  O.  Logan, 
Lt.-Col.  Robert  McD.  Hart,  Capt.  Henry  W.  T.  Mali, 
Pvt.  B.  F.  Hillery,  Paymr.  F.  W.  Mangam, 

Capt.  William  Howland,       Lt.  Charles  M.  Marsh, 
Capt.  Frederick  Hurst,  Gen.  Gilbert  H.  McKibben, 

Maj.  Frank  Jeffrey,  Capt.  Samuel  G.  Milligan, 

Maj.   Edgar  Ketchum,  Capt.  Henry  H.  Mott, 

Lt.  Lewis  M.  Johnson,  Lt.  George  H.  Packwood, 

Lt.-Col.  Geo.  N.  Bomford,  Lt.  William  A.  Ver  Planck, 
Lt.-Col.  John  L.  Brewer,      Adj.  William  S.  Watkins, 
Lt.  Charles  L.  Brown,  Capt.  George  H.  Wheaton, 

Capt.  W.  C.  Burton,  Surg.  James  M.  Wilson, 

Lt.  William  H.  Peck,  Maj.  Albert  H.  Winslow, 

Lt.  Ambrose  H.  Purdy,         Pvt.  Charles  F.  Wisewell, 
Capt.  Herman  C.  Radcliffe,  Maj.  David  F.  Wright, 
Sgt.  Louis  L.  Robbins,  Gen.  John  G.  Wright, 

Lt.  Alex.  M.  C.  Smith.  Jr.,  Col.  William  E.  Van  Wyck. 


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From  that  critical  period  up  to  the  present 
time  the  company  has  constantly  advanced, 
until  to-day  the  personnel  is  higher  than  ever 
before.  Some  few  years  ago  the  percentage 
of  men  who  were  entitled  to  their  discharge 
was  very  high.  Much  new  blood  has  been  in- 
fused within  the  last  six  or  seven  years  and  the 
Company  is  in  a  much  healthier  condition.  The 
roster  shows  ninety-eight  active  members  and 
when  the  word  "active"  is  used  in  speaking  of 
Third  Co.  men  it  must  be  taken  with  its  full 
meaning. 

The  roster  of  Co.  C  at  the  present  time  is  as 
follows : 

Captain    John  W.  McDougall. 
1st  Lt.    Nicholas  Engel. 
2nd  Lt.  Oswald  W.  Uhl. 
1st  Sgt.  Francis  X.  O'Connor. 
Q.  M.  Sgt.   Charles  F.  Berg. 
Sgt.   Theodor  Guerra. 
Sgt.    Irving  P.  Sherman. 
Sgt.   Louis  F.  Eggers. 
Sgt.  Charles  J.  Austin. 
Cpl.   Robert  A.  Stewart. 
Cpl.   Gustavo  A.  Sacchi. 
Cpl.  Warren  B.  Hait,  Jr. 
Cpl.  Louis  C.  Raecke. 
Cpl.    Edward  H.  Klotz. 
Cpl.  Edwin  G.  Munson. 
Cpl.  Henry  G.  R.  Ausbuettel. 
Cpl.    Edward  A.  Fitch. 
L.  Cpl.   Harry  A.  Briggs. 
L.  Cpl.   Cooley  S.  Chapin. 
L.  Cpl.  Charles  J.  Quinn. 
L.  Cpl.  Richard  Sheldon. 
Pvt.   Ahem,  Philip  E. 
Pvt.  Anderson,  August  G. 
Pvt.   Arras,  William  M. 
Pvt.    Balthasar,  Arthur 
Pvt.  Bannard,  Llewellyn  J. 
Pvt.    Bavier,  William  N. 
Pvt.    Bavier,  Robert  N. 
Pvt.   Bavier,  William  N.,  Jr. 
Pvt.  Beam,  Nathaniel  B. 
Pvt.    Beaver,  William  S.,  Jr. 
Pvt.  Becker,  John 
Pvt.    Borden,  Matthew  S. 
Pvt.  Camerer,  Arthur  A. 
Pvt.    Chamberlain,  Frederick  F. 
Pvt.   Connor,  Charles  H. 
Pvt.    Connors,  John  F. 
Pvt.   Connors,  Joseph  A. 
Pvt.    Doty,  George  L. 
Pvt.    Engel.  James  E. 


Pvt.  Farrington,  William  A. 
Pvt.  Finck,  August 
Pvt.    Finck,  Theodore 
Pvt.  Fobes,  George  S. 
Pvt.   Foran,  Arthur  F. 
Pvt.   Fritz,  A.  S.  George 
Pvt.  Gennerich,  William  B. 
Pvt.    Gianini,  Charles  A. 
Pvt.    Good,  John,  Jr. 
Pvt.  Hall,  Walter  M. 
Pvt.  Halliday,  Charles  G. 
Pvt.  Hanft,  C.  Gustave 
Pvt.  Herb,  Ernest  A. 
Pvt.  Hill,  Sherman  K. 
Pvt.  Haflf,  Fred 
Pvt.  Hoffman,  William,  Jr. 
Pvt.  Hooke,  Cecil 
Pvt.  Hudson,  William  V. 
Pvt.  Jaeckel,  Herbert  L. 
Pvt.  Kaarsch,  Frederick  W. 
Pvt.  Kenney,  Frederick  J. 
Pvt.  Latterman,  Justus  J. 
Pvt.  Leaming,  Walter  R.  B. 
Pvt.  Liebenau,  Albert  H. 
Pvt.  Little,  John  J. 
Pvt.  Lovibond,  Arthur 
Pvt.  McAdie,  George 
Pvt.  McCoy,  George 
Pvt.  Meyer,  Daniel  C. 
Pvt.  Moss,  James  L. 
Pvt.  Mundorff,  Peter  J. 
Pvt.  O'Brien,  James  J. 
Pvt.  Robinson,  Edward  C. 
Pvt.  Ronker,  Joseph  J. 
Pvt.  Sartorius,  Otto  W. 
Pvt.  Schmohl,  William  H.,  Jr. 
Pvt.  Schwab,  John  F. 
Pvt.  Scott,  John  W. 
Pvt.  Sidway,  Chester  E. 
Pvt.  Slingerland,  Henry. 
Pvt.   Sperb,  Charles 
Pvt.  Stevens,  Alexander 
Pvt.  Stewart,  Duncan  M. 
Pvt.  Taylor,  George  W. 
Pvt.  Taylor,  Hiram  W. 
Pvt.  Thoman,  Alfred  R. 
Pvt.  Thoman,  William  F. 
Pvt.  Tiemeyer,  August  H. 
Pvt.  Von  Bremen,  Henry  W. 
Pvt.  Vose,  Richard  H. 
Pvt.  Wagner,  Louis  C,  Jr. 
Pvt.  Wessell.  Fernando  A. 
Pvt.  White,  Harrison  B. 
Pvt.  Willis,  Joseph  T. 
Pvt.  Wuerz,  Oscar 


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The  Fourth  Company^  Seventh  Regiment 


BY    CHARLES    MURRAY. 


Considerable  dispute  has  arisen  as  to  which  of 
the  original  four  companies  was  first  organized 
and  although  it  is  claimed  by  Col.  Clark  in  his 
history  that  the  present  Second  Company  organ- 
ized by  Capt.  James  Hewitt  was  the  first  to  call 
its  roll,  yet  that  ancient  and  versatile  compiler 
of  history  and  regimental  lore,  Orderly  Sgt.  and 
Secretary  Asher  Taylor  claims  to  have  found  in 
his  researches  ample  facts  to  bear  out  the  asser- 
tion as  published  in  his  interesting  memoir  and 
sketch  of  "The  Early  Days  of  the  National 
Guard,"  that  the  members  of  Capt.  Forbes'  com- 
pany— t-he  present  Fou/rth — liad  completed  its 
organization  and  signed  the  parchment  rolls  as 
early  as  May  6,  1806,  and  this  command  for 
manv  years  has  been  known  familiarlv  as  the 
"Old  Fourth." 

The  original  four  companies  were  regularly 
organized  by  general  orders  of  June  25,  1806 
and  attached  to  a  Battalion  of  artillery  under 
the  command  of  Maj.  Andrew  Sitcher,  with  the 
following  officers   and   non-coms,   and   privates : 

Capt.,  John  W.  Forbes;  ist  Lt.,  Thomas  R. 
Mercien ;  2d  Lt.,  John  M.  Bradhurst ;  Orderly 
Sgt.,  Benjamin  Wood  ;  2d  Sgt.,  Abraham  Gaines ; 
3d  Sgt.,  Matthew  Mendenelle ;  4th  Sgt.,  John  E. 
Van  Antwerk ;  ist  Cpl.,  Daniel  Hansbury ;  2d 
Cpl.,  Henry  Miller ;  3d  Cpl.,  Daniel  E.  Brasier ; 
Matrisses,  Abraham  Laurence,  Saml.  Dawson, 
Wm.  Black,  John  Ross,  Godfrey  Grant,  John 
Haywood,  John  Scotland,  John  W.  Colbert, 
Josiah  W.  Perry,  Isaac  Cozzens,  Jr.,  William  B. 
Cozzens,  William  McCalkin,  Edward  Parker, 
Abraham  Denerverie,  Charles  L.  Kip,  Benjamin 
Carpund,  Andrew  Van  Valer,  Charles  Freeman. 
Total  28. 

Capt.  Forbes  was  the  most  eminent  manufac- 
turer of  sterling  silver  in  New  York.  Lt.  Mer- 
cien was  a  member  of  Kirk  &  Mercien,  book 
publishers ;  and  Lt.  Bradhurst  was  a  druggist. 

The  first  parade  of  this  Company  was  in  con- 
nection with  the  other  three  Companies  and  was 
held  on  the  25th  of  November,  1806,  and  took 
place  at  the  Battery.  Although  organized  as  an 
artillery  company  they  drilled  as  infantry  and  in 
the  open  air — no  armories  in  those  days.  March 
27,  1807,  these  four  companies  were  organized 
as  the  Third  Regt.  of  Artillery  and  attached  to 
the  First  Brigade,  First  Div.,  N.  Y.  State  Artil- 
lery. 

The  probability  of  a  war  with  Great  Britain 
caused  the  President  to  call  for  volunteers  and 
on  July  nth,  1807,  Gov.  Clinton  issued  an  order 
for  the  enlistment  of  12,704  men.  The  number 
of   men    required    from    the    First    Brigade    was 


327  and  Capt.  Forbes"  Company,  consisting  of 
3  officers  and  28  men  was,  with  the  other  tnree 
companies,  the  first  to  respond  to  the  call  of  duty 
— an  example  which  has  been  followed  from  that 
day  to  the  present.  The  men  were  held  until 
April  20,  1809,  when  they  were  retired  from 
duty.  In  1809  a  law  was  passed  requiring  a 
fixed  term  of  service  of  seven  years  and  to  drill 
at  least  twelve  times  a  year.  The  members  were 
exempted  from  jury  duty.  In  181 1  Capt. 
Forbes  was  appointed  2d  Major  of  the  3d  Regt. 
and  Lt.  Bradhurst  was  promoted  to  the  command 
of  the  Company.  Benjamin  Wood  was  made 
2d  Lt. 

On  June  18,  1812,  the  long-expected  declaration 
of  war  was  promulgated ;  volunteers  were  called 
for;  the  quota  of  the  State  not  having  been 
filled,  the  Governor,  on  July  21,  issued  an  order 
calling  for  the  required  number.  As  the  7t'fi  was 
the  first  in  '61  to  volunteer,  so  the  4th  Company 
with  the  three  other  companies  fully  volun- 
teered their  services  on  the  29th  of  July,  that 
year,  and  on  Aug.  i,  Col.  Harsen  officially  ten- 
dered the  services  of  the  nth  Regt.  to  the  Gov- 
ernor. When  mustered  into  service  at  different 
times  they  garrisoned  the  several  forts  in  the 
harbor.  It  is  on  record  that  the  Co.,  now  the  4th, 
while  there  on  duty,  attained  such  superiority  in 
drill  that  it  was  spoken  of  throughout  the  regi- 
ment as  "Bradhurst's  Regulars,"  and  it  is  wor- 
thy of  notice  that  although  the  composition  has 
changed  with  time,  still  the  ambition  to  excel  and 
be  pre-eminent  in  all  the  duties  of  the  soldier 
has  come  down  through  all  these  years  and  the 
4th  Company  of  to-day  possesses  the  admirable 
esprit  to  which  the  historian  has  referred. 

The  Regiment  was  mustered  out  on  Dec.  2, 
18 14,  and  the  4th  Company  proudly  returned  to 
their  homes.  Capt.  Bradhurst  having  resigned, 
he  was  succeeded  by  Capt.  Garrit  Forbes,  who 
commanded  for  a  short  time,  being  succeeded  by 
Capt.  William  Kumbel,  who  was  captain  until 
1819. 

The  original  muster  rolls  are  in  possession  of 
the  present  Company.  The  first  three  rolls,  from 
1806  to  1819  are  unbound.  The  other  rolls  are 
in  books,  the  first  from  1819  to  1846,  the  second 
from  1847  to  1871,  and  the  last  from  1872  to 
date.  In  the  front  of  each  of  the  old  books  is  a 
beautiful  and  elaborate  coat  of  arms,  designed, 
drawn  and  executed  by  the  famous  Orderly  Sgt. 
of  the  Company,  Asher  Taylor,  who  enlisted  in 
1822.  Ever\-  member  should  see  these  works  of 
real  art  and  when  he  has  he  will  better  appre- 
ciate what  the  old  timers  thought  and  did  for 
their  dear  old  Company. 


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Some  years  ago  I  discovered  the  Treasurer's 
account  book  of  the  Company,  running  from  1817 
to  1847.  In  this  book  are  the  original  By-Laws 
of  the  Company,  engrossed  in  full — they  were 
adopted  on  February  6,  1806,  a  copy  of  which 
was  printed  in  the  Gazette  in  1897.  In  this 
book  are  interesting  entries.  On  Sept.  i,  1817, 
it  was  voted  that  the  Captain  pay  $1,  Lieuten- 
ants 75  cents,  non-commissioned  officers  25 
cents,  and  privates  121^  cents  monthly  dues. 
The  oldest  payment  in  the  book  is  that  of  Dec. 
20,  1817  to  T.  W.  Mercien  for  printing,  $16.50. 
They  evidently  paid  $10  per  quarter  for  room 
rent,  as  $10  is  charged  on  June  20.  The  old 
boys  evidently  entertained  themselves  well,  for  on 
Nov.  7  the  same  year,  are  these  charges:  ferry 
to  Staten  Island,  $10.50;  one  target  $3.50;  M. 
Fountain,  dinner,  $48;  ferriage  arrangements 
committee,  $3;  C.  Carley,  prize  musket,  $31 ;  en- 
graved plate  for  same,  $5.  The  committee  re- 
ceived in  subscriptions  $52.  In  1820  the  price  of 
prize  muskets  had  evidently  declined,  for  in  that 
year  only  $25  was  spent  for  that  purpose,  while 
the  cost  of  the  dinner  went  up  to  $74.34.  They 
evidently  had  a  good  collecting  committee,  for 
Capt.  Kumbel  and  his  two  Lieutenants  paid  $5 
each  and  the  38  men  $1  each.  A  court  martial 
was  held  on  Aug.  8,  1816,  53  delinquents  paying 
fines  from  25  cents  to  $1.75.  Mr.  A.  Taylor 
carried  the  target  on  Aug.  30,  1824,  and  was  paid 
one  dollar.  In  1830  Pvt.  H.  Holt  received  a 
piece  of  plate  costing  $97.25.  Some  fixing  of 
the  Armory  was  evidently  needed,  for  Hugh  Kerr 
was  paid  $47.64  for  carpenter  work  and  Wm. 
Chalmers  $37-75  for  painting  "the  Armory." 
The  total  receipts  of  the  Company  for  the  year 
1836  were  $531.93- 

The  Boston  trip  to  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1843, 
cost  $9.25  per  man  and  extended  from  Thursday 
to  Tuesday.  On  Sept.  11,  1844,  there  was  pre- 
sented to  the  former  Commander  A.  A.  Brem- 
ner  a  medal  costing  $54.39,  refreshments  were 
$35.38  and  the  total  subscription  was  $57. 

In  1842  the  Treasurer  had  a  bad  one  dollar 
note  passed  on  him.  They  evidently  were  getting 
extravagant  then,  for  rent  cost  them  $27.50  per 
quarter.  Capt.  Jacob  Hunter  assumed  command 
in  1819,  being  succeeded  in  1822  by  Capt.  Pros- 
per M.  Wetmore,  the  first  Colonel  of  the  7th 
Regt.,  who  in  the  same  year  was  made  Brigade 
Major  on  the  stafi^  of  Gen.  Benedict,  and  the 
same  year  was  elected  Major  of  the  Regt.  and 
later  Lt.  Col.  and  finally  in  1821  first  Colonel. 
George  Tomlinson  succeeded  him  in  command 
of  the  Company  and  he  was  succeeded  in  1824 
by  Howard  A.  Simons. 

Asher  Taylor,  famous  in  4th  Company  history, 
was  elected  secretary  Dec.  18.  1823.  The  present 
Company  has  the  minutes  of  its  existence  from 
Dec.  12,  1823  complete  to  present.  We  have 
written-order  books  from  June  30,  1828  to  i860  in 


two  volumes  and  printed  orders  from  June   17, 
1822  to  date. 

The  year  1824  witnessed  the  formation  of  a 
new  battalion  called  the  "Battalion  of  National 
Guards,"  subsequently  known  as  the  27th  Regt. 
National  Guard,  now  the  7th  Regt.  N.  G.  N.  Y. 
To  Major  John  D.  Wilson  and  Capt.  Prosper 
M.  Wetmore  is  due  the  honor  of  originating  and 
founding  an  organization  which  has  since  occu- 
pied so  prominent  and  honorable  a  place  in  the 
militia  of  New  York  State.. 

The  name  National  Guard  was  adopted  on 
Wednesday,  Aug.  25,  and  at  a  previous  meeting, 
the  Board,  as  the  officers  of  the  Companies  were 
termed,  determined  to  adopt  a  permanent  number 
and  distinct  appelation.  On  drawing,  Capt. 
Simons  drew  No.  4.  Sgt.  Asher  Taylor,  about 
that  time  devised  and  designed  the  coat  of  arms 
and  motto  of  Regt.  and  it  was  formally  adopted, 
and  is  the  same  to-day,  except  that  a  change  was 
made  in  the  4th  quarter  in  1835.  Sgt.  Taylor 
wore  the  first  new  uniform  in  public  at  the 
parade  Oct.  12,  1824,  when  he  acted  as  secretary 
to  the  Brigade  Inspector. 

On  Oct.  1st  the  corps  was  detailed  from  the 
2d  Regt.  and  organized  into  a  separate  battalion 
of  7  companies,  it  is  odd  how  7  always  appears, 
and  on  INIay  6,  1826,  was  organized  into  a  Regi- 
ment and  named  the  27th  Regt.  of  Artillery.  On 
May  23  Major  Wetmore  was  elected  Lt.  Col. 
and  Capt.  Simons,  Major  (June  27)  and  Chand- 
ler White  was  promoted  Captain. 

About  this  time  Asher  Taylor  came  to  the 
front  again,  for  the  committee  in  charge  of  the 
new  colors  adopted  the  designs  oflfered  by  him, 
and  on  April  26  the  Board  of  Officers  passed  a 
resolution  thanking  him  for  his  work  and  also 
for  furnishing  the  bill  of  dress.  (He  having 
prepared  the  text  of  the  document.) 

The  minute  book  of  that  period  is  replete  with 
innumerable  instances  of  the  work  of  Sgt.  Tay- 
lor ;  engrossed  resolutions  and  pen  and  ink  de- 
signs of  all  kinds  are  found  in  abundance.  His 
description  of  the  target  excursions  are  original 
and  much  of  the  history  of  the  Regt.  has  been 
compiled  from  his  work  in  this  minute  book. 
His  account  of  the  visit  of  Lafayette  is  unique. 

P.  H.  Holt  was  elected  orderly  Sgt.  on  Dec. 
21,  1825,  and  on  Jan.  i8th,  1826,  2nd  Lt.  This 
is  how  Asher  Taylor  describes  the  ceremonies 
following  the  event:  "The  Co.,  with  Lt.  Holt  in 
the  chair,  proceeded  to  the  demolition  of  a  fam- 
ous great  bowl  of  punch  and  sundry  enormous 
pitchers  of  ale  and  large  quantities  of  crackers 
and  cheese,  besides  various  other  dainties  pro- 
vided, I  believe,  under  the  quartermastership 
pro  tern,  of  Shatzell,  who  is  considered  an 
adept  in  such  matters  and  who  acquitted  himself 
with  great  credit — after  some  time  spent  in  their 
discussion  the  Company  was  called  to  order  and 
proceeded  to  drill  under  Capt.  White."  Sgt. 
Tavlor  was  elected  2d  Lt.,  but  declined. 


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Philetus  H.  Holt  was  elected  Captain  in  1827 
and  retired  in  1830,  being  succeeded  by  Edward 
Roome  in  1831.  At  Camp  Clinton,  July  2,  1831, 
the  Company  contained  the  greatest  number  of 
men,  52,  next  in  number  being  33.  Their  outing 
cost  the  Regt.  $1136.30 — for  three  days. 

In  1834  the  Sixth  Co.,  under  Capt.  Postley, 
having  been  transferred  to  another  corps,  the 
Board  of  Officers  invited  Capt.  Holt  to  organ- 
ize a  new  Company,  application  being  made  to 
the  4th  Co.  for  volunteers ;  33  men  were  detailed 
Feb.  II,  1834,  by  Capt.  Edward  Roome  for  trans- 
fer and  the  new  Sixth  Co.  was  formed. 

The  first  call  for  duty  of  the  new  Regiment 
was  on  April  10,  1834,  during  a  municipal  elec- 
tion. The  Company  did  its  share  and  Capt.  Phil- 
etus H.  Holt  was  conspicuously  mentioned. 

Asher  Taylor  was  one  of  the  men  who  went 
to  help  build  up  the  6th  Co.,  and  on  June  20, 
1834,  at  Camp  Hamilton,  (66th  to  69th  St.,  near 
4th  and  3d  Aves.),  he  acted  as  Military  Secretary. 

In  1834,  in  order  to  assemble  quickly  the  men, 
a  white  flag  with  a  black  cross  was  adopted  as  a 
signal  and  this  was  hoisted  as  occasion  demanded 
at  Hamilton  Bond  St.  House.  In  this  year  the 
Company  agitated  a  change  in  the  dress  a,nd 
adopted  in  June  a  drooping  white  plume  from  a 
pattern  of  a  French  officer.  A  Board  of  Officers 
was  appointed  to  consider  a  change.  At  this  time 
the  Company'  introduced  the  aristocratic  method 
of  keeping  the  arms  in  racks  or  "armories"  as 
they  were  called,  (refernce  to  the  cost  will  be 
found  elsewhere). 

In  1835  Capt.  Edward  Roome  was  elected 
Major  and  Charles  Roome,  Captain. 

In  1838  Sgt.  Asher  Taylor  was  appointed 
Chaplain  of  the  Regt.,  the  Company  thus  furnish- 
ing the  first  chaplain  as  well  as  the  first  Colonel. 
The  Company  again  saw  service  in  the  Croton 
Water  Riot  of  April  12,  1840,  being  stationed  at 
42nd  St.,  and  3rd  Ave.  In  the  same  year  the 
Company  went  for  target  practice  to  Yonkers ;  in 
1841  to  the  Elysian  Fields,  Hoboken,  for  a  similar 
purpose.  In  this  year  we  fitted  up  sumptuous 
■quarters  over  the  Arcade  Baths  in  Chambers  St. 

In  1838  Thomas  Delano  was  elected  Capt., 
followed  in  1839  by  Andrew  A.  Bremner,  who 
served  for  five  years  until  1844,  when  the  famous 
war  captain,  Wm.  H.  Riblet  was  elected.  He 
served  one  year,  being  succeeded  by  Charles  W. 
Smith,  who  retained  the  command  but  a  short 
time  and  Capt.  Riblet  reassumed  it.  Events  ran 
along  quietly  until  1847,  when  the  name  of  the 
Regiment  was  changed  from  the  27th  to  7th. 

Col.  Andrew  A.  Bremner  resigned  in  Nov. 
1848.  To  him  is  due  the  honor  of  introducing 
into  the  7th  Regt.  a  higher  order  of  drill  than  it 
•ever  had  before  attained.  He  was  Captain  of  Co. 
D  in  1841.  In  1850  Major  Morton,  ex-Co.  D 
resigned. 

The  Company  celebrated  its  50th  anniversary 
Tjy  a  dinner  at  the  Broadway  House  on  June  25. 


1856.  Henry  Everdell  enlisted  March  3,  1856. 
In  1857  in  regimental  orders  the  Company  was 
officially  designated  by  letter  "D,"  and  the  meet- 
ing place  was  changed  to  corner  of  University 
Place  and  13th  St.  On  July  13  and  14  the  Com- 
pany again  assembled  for  riot  duty.  In  June  a 
handsome  testimonial  was  presented  to  William 
H.  Curtis,  who  had  completed  his  35th  year  of 
service  in  the  Company,  and  on  Oct.  21  William 
H.  Kipp  enlisted — recruiting  was  brisk  during 
the  next  few  years  in  anticipation  of  the  occu- 
pancy of  the  new  Armory  which  was  taken  pos- 
session of  on  Sept.  5,  i860.  The  Company  then 
had  loi  men.  Riot  duty  was  performed  on 
Election  day,  Nov.  6. 

The  stirring  events  leading  up  to  the  Civil 
War  are  so  numerous  and  so  fully  covered  in 
Gen.  Clark's  History  that  only  mention  can  be 
made  of  the  most  important.  Lt.  Col.  Kipp  and 
Q.  M.  Sgt.  Henry  Everdell  are  the  only  members 
of  the  Regiment  now  serving  with  the  colors  who 
were  in  the  Company  on  that  memorable  April 
19,  1 86 1,  when  the  Regiment  left  New  York  for 
Washington.  The  7th  Regiment  was  the  first 
Regiment  in  all  the  country  to  pitch  its  tents  in 
front  of  the  enemy  during  the  great  rebellion 
and  over  800  men  of  the  Regiment  entered  the 
national  service,  of  whom  three  obtained  the  rank 
of  Major  General,  nineteen  that  of  Brigadier 
General,  29  were  Colonels  and  46  Lt.  Colonels. 
"Every  stricken  field  of  the  war  sends  back  tes- 
timony to  the  gallantry  of  the  men  of  the  Regi- 
ment, and 

"Go  where  loyal  graves  be  foremost, 
There  the  Seventh  claims  its  dead." 

This  Company  was  in  service  with  the  Regi- 
ment from  April  19  to  June  3 ;  a  period  of  46 
days,  with  a  full  rank,  113  men,  Henry  Everdell 
being  a  Sgt.  and  Lt.  Col.  Kipp  a  Pvt. 

On  May  26th,  1862,  the  Company  went  with 
the  Regiment  to  Baltimore,  where  it  was  mustered 
into  service.  During  this  enlistment  Fort  Federal 
Hill  was  our  resting  place,  the  Company  had  62 
men  there — and  later,  were  mustered  out  Sept. 
5,  1862. 

The  Company  paraded  frequently  to  receive 
Regiments  on  their  return  from  the  seat  of  war, 
and  the  spirit  of  the  men  was  always  kept  up  to 
the  highest  pitch.  General  Lee,  flushed  with  his 
victories,  was  preparing  to  invade  the  North,  so 
on  June  15,  Secretary  Stanton  appealed  to  Gov. 
Seymour  for  troops  and  on  June  17,  1863,  the 
Company  went  with  the  Regiment  to  the  front, 
with  Lt.  Henry  Everdell  in  command,  and  Wm. 
H.  Kipp,  2d  Lt.  In  Baltimore  much  excitement 
prevailed  as  an  attack  on  the  city  was  daily  ex- 
pected. The  Company  did  patrol  duty  for  some 
time  and  seized  the  Maryland  Club  House,  sup- 
posed to  be  the  headquarters  of  the  secessionists. 
On  July  14  the  Regiment  was  ordered  to  return 
hurriedly  to  New  York,  on  account  of  the  rioting 
going  on  and  on  July  21  it  was  mustered  out. 


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On  July  1 6  it  was  again  out  on  riot  duty,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  2d  Ave.  and  35th  St.  Duty 
was  done  in  the  Armory  until  July  25th,  and 
guard  duty  was  required  at  the  Armory  until 
Sept.  10 — on  duty  practically  20  days. 

Parades  were  still  in  order  and  cluty  frequent. 
The  Co.  in  1864  contributed  $570.50  to  the 
Metropolitan  Fair.  On  May  14,  1864,  D  Com- 
pany paraded  as  escort  to  the  remains  of  Col. 
Alfred  B.  Chapman,  57th  N.  Y.  V.,  killed  at 
the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness.  Col.  Chapman 
was  a  member  of  the  4th  Company  at  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  war.  At  the  funeral  of  President 
Lincoln,  April  24th,  1865,  the  Company  mounted 
guard  at  City  Hall.  Four  times  in  July  parades 
were  made  to  escort  the  regiments  returning 
from  the  war.  Five  men  of  Co.  D  were  killed 
in  the  service  1861  to  1865:  Col.  A.  R.  Chap- 
man, Capt.  Edward  A.  Harrison,  Col.  James  E. 
Mallon,  Lt.  John  E.  Moies  and  Capt.  Sam'l.  H. 
Starr.  Lt.  Kipp,  in  March  1866,  was  appointed 
Regimental  Adjutant.  Captain  Riblet  resigned 
in  Oct.  and  Adj.  Wm.  H.  Kipp  was  elected 
Capt.  Capt.  Riblet  was  one  of  the  most  popular, 
famous  and  active  men  the  Regiment  ever  had. 

The  strength  of  the  Company  in  1868  was  6r 
men  at  the  annual  muster.  June  25,  1870,  a  trip 
was  taken  to  the  Highlands  of  Navesink  for  the 
annual  outing.  On  June  25,  1871  occurred  a 
street  parade  in  commemoration  of  the  annual 
anniversary  and  on  July  10  the  famous  Orange 
Riot  took  the  Company  again  to  arms ;  the  men 
were  detailed  at  Police  Headquarters  until  called 
upon  to  escort  the  parade ;  all  joined  the  re- 
mainder of  the  companies  at  8th  Ave.  and  26th 
St.  and  continued  on  duty  until  the  13th.  Duty 
was  done  again  on  election  day. 

Nov.  17,  1879  the  famous  fair  was  opened  to 
aid  in  the  raising  of  funds  to  complete  the  Ar- 
mory. The  4th  Co.  booth  was  a  beautiful  Eng- 
lish Gothic  pavilion.  The  bazaar  continued  for 
three  weeks.  On  April  26,  1880,  the  Company 
assembled  for  last  time  in  the  old  Armory.  On 
July  3,  1882,  it  left  with  the  Regiment  for  Bufifalo 
and  Niagara  Falls.  In  t886  on  the  occasion  of 
the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  departure  of 
the  Regiment  for  Washington  a  trip  was  made 
there  and  of  the  1000  men  who  went  to  the  front 
in  1861  only  7  were  then  in  the  Regiment  and 
of  these,  two.  Capt.  Kipp  and  Pvt.  Everdell  were 
of  Co.  D.  In  Mav  Maior  Abrams  resigned 
and  Captain  William  H.  Kipp.  Co.  D,  was  elected 


to  succeed  him.  Lt.  Harry  D.  Cooper  was  elected 
Captain.  Jn  1888  we  celebrated  our  anniversary 
with  a  dinner  at  South  Norwalk,  Ct. — the  boat 
ran  aground  and  it  was  early  next  morning  when 
we  reached  the  city.  Capt.  Cooper  having  re- 
signed, Lt.  Austin  E.  Allen  was  elected  Captain. 

All  the  officers  of  the  Company  resigned  in 
1890  and  on  Dec.  29th  Adjt.  Willard  C.  Fisk 
was  elected  Captain  and  Lt.  Robt.  Mazet,  Co.  H, 
2d  Lt. 

The  history  of  our  Company  under  Capt.  Fisk 
is  one  of  stirring  and  important  events,  many 
innovations  were  introduced,  the  standard  of 
drill  raised,  the  Company  had  full  rolls  and  loO' 
per  cent,  duty  doing  men  were  not  so  rare.  The 
new  military  code  required  changes  in  the  By- 
Laws  and  Lt.  Mazet  drew  them  up  and  they  were 
approved  by  Adjutant  General  in  May,  '93  and 
adopted  by  the  Company  on  November  6. 

After  the  election  of  Capt.  Fisk  as  a  Major  of 
the  Regiment,  the  promotion  followed  of  Lt. 
Mazet  to  the  Captaincy  on  Nov.  25,  1901.  The 
work  of  the  Company  for  the  past  five  years  has 
been  recorded  fully  in  the  columns  of  The 
Gazette  from  time  to  time. 

To  sum  up,  the  Company  has  furnished  the 
Regiment  with  two  of  its  fourteen  Colonels,  Wet- 
more,  the  first,  and  Bremner,  who  is  the  only 
ex-Colonel  living ;  five  Lieutenant-Colonels,  Wet- 
more,  Simmons,  Backhouse,  Bremner  and  Kipp ; 
seven  Majors,  Wetmore,  Simmons,  Edw.  Roome, 
Backhouse,  Bremner,  Kipp  and  Fisk,  and  the 
first  Chaplain,  Asher  Taylor.  It  has  had  only 
22  Captains,  37  ist  Lieutenants  and  49  2d  Lieu- 
tenants since  its  foundation  and  has  furnished 
1500  members. 

The  two  oldest  men  in  point  of  enlistment  now 
in  the  Regiment  are  Lt.-Col.  Kipp  and  Q.  M. 
Sgt.  Everdell. 

Strict  discipline  and  attention  to  drill  always 
have  been  the  Company's  object.  To  instil  and 
foster  the  Regimental  esprit  de  corps  ever  has 
been  its  aim.  When  the  pages  of  history  are 
scanned  for  deeds  of  valor  for  country's  sake,  or 
devotion  to  duty  for  the  honor  of  our  beloved 
Regiment,  the  Company's  roll  of  men  will  not 
be  found  wanting. 

The  splendor  of  these  men's  deeds  will  live 
forever,  an  incentive  to  all  who  serve  in  the  ranks 
of  the  "gray  jackets."  to  strive  to  achieve  even 
greater  and  nobler  deeds  than  the  many  illus- 
trious ones  now  found  in  4th  Company  history. 


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The  Seventh  Regiment  Cross  of  Honor 


GENERAL  George  Moore  Smith,  while 

5  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, originated  the  idea  of  the  Cross  of 
Honor,  which  has  been  extensively  cop- 
ied by  several  States  and  many  organi- 
zations. The  following  extract  from 
Gen.  Clark's  History  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  is  pertinent: 
"At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Offi- 
cers in  June,  1884,  Lt.-Col.  Smith  in- 
troduced a  resolution  providing  for  a 
military  decoration  for  long  and  faith- 
ful service  in  the  Seventh  Regiment,  for 
the  purpose  of  encouraging  such  service 
in  the  future  and  as  a  graceful  recognition  of  it 
in  the  past;  The  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  select  a  design  and 
to  prepare  the  necessary  rules  and  regulations.  The 
design  adopted  for  the  decoration  was  a  military 
cross,  with  crossed  cannon;  upon  the  face  in  the  center 
of  the  cross  the  figure  seven,  encircled  by  the  words 
'Long  and  Faithful  Service',  this  inscription  sur- 
rounded by  wreaths  of  oak  and  laurel.  The  rules  and 
regulations,  as  adopted,  directed  that  the  cross  be 
called  the  Cross  of  Honor,  and  it  be  presented  in 
bronze  to  every  officer  and  member  who  had  served 
faithfully  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  for  ten  years,  or 
who  should  hereafter  serve  that  period;  and  that  one 
year  of  service  in  the  regular  or  volunteer  army  or 
navy  during  the  war  (1861-65)  be  computed  as  equiv- 
alent to  five  years'  service  in  the  Regiment  in  time  of 
peace.  It  was  also  provided  that  the  cross  could  be 
made  of  silver  to  indicate  fifteen  years'  service,  of 
gold  for  twenty  years'  and  of  gold  with  figure  seven 
in  brilliants  for  twenty-five  or  more  years'  service." 
At  the  first  public  presentation  of  the  Cross  of 
Honor  it  was  awarded  to  421  members  and  ex-mem- 
bers of  the  Regiment,  including  26  generals,  68  field 
officers  and  67  captains. 

General  Smith,  when  custodian  of  the  records  of 
the  Cross  of  Honor,  stated  in  a  letter  to  the  Com- 
manding Officer:  "This  list  of  names,  eloquent  in  its- 
self,  very  inadequately  expresses  the  loyalty  and  de- 
votion of  the  men  who  have  served  in  this  Regiment; 
could  the  records  of  the  past  be  searched  and  the 
names  of  officers  and  members  distinguished  for  long 
and  faithful  service  be  added  to  this  list,  it  would  be 
very  largely  augmented;  and  could  the  names,  par- 
ticularly of  those  who  heroically  upheld  its  honor  and 
maintained  its  spirit,  traditions  and  discipline  on  more 
than  four  hundred  battlefields  of  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion,  be  added  to  these  pages,  the  record  would 
indeed  be  brilliant.  Many  were  killed  on  the  field 
and  many  died  of  wounds  received,  or  from  disease 
contracted  in  the  line  of  duty,  and  the  ranks  of  our 
heroes  were  thinned  long  before  the  institution  of  the 
Cross  of  Honor." 

Maj.  Charles  E.  Lydecker,  the  present  custodian  of 
the  records,  wrote  in  1905  to  Col.  Appleton:  "You 
will  observe  the  new  designation  for  officers  who 
served  in  the  war  with  Spain  and  in  the  Philippine 
Insurrection,  and  will  also  notice  that  now  the  roll 
of  members  who  have  won  the  Cross  numbers  1,079. 
in  other  words,  a  total  surpassing  the  lawful  strength 
of  our  organization.  Although  some  have  answered 
the  final  roll  call,  there  is  indeed  a  regiment  remaining 
"-if  those  whose  loyaltv  to  the  service  and  to  the  coun- 


GENERAL  GEORGE   MOORE  SMITH. 

try  has  been  absolutely  sterhnp.  a  regiment  which 
marches  with  the  officers  and  men  now  serving  the 
colors,  possessing  the  same  devotion  to  the  interests 
that  its  active  members  have,  and  even  an  intensi- 
fied desire  for  its  prosperity.  It  is  gratifying  to  know 
with  what  pride  this  Cross  is  worn  by  those  who  have 
entered  the  service  of  the  National  Government.  Our 
records  attest  many  evidences  of  an  inspiration  which 
the  Cross  has  for  ex-members  on  active  duty,  such  as 
when  Gen. William  A.  Kobbe  led  his  men  into  action 
at  Manila,  with  the  Seventh  Regiment  Cross  of  Honor 
on  his  breast,  and  they  also  attest  the  tributes  which 
our  medal  receives  from  the  regulars  generally  who 
know  the  training  it  betokens  and  the  loyalty  it  exem- 
plifies. Too  much  cannot  be  said  for  the  patriotic 
zeal  which  has  been  engendered  'hrough  the  creation 
of  the  particular  Order  of  Merit,  which  this  great 
body  of  Cross  of  Honor  men  constitutes." 

The  following  constitutes  the  rules  under  which 
the  Regimental  Cross  of  Honor  is  awarded,  adopted 
.'\pril  -t,  1888,  and  amended  Jan.  22,  1901,  April  13, 
1902.  and  June  2T,  1902. 


The   Seventh    Regiment    Military    Decoration 
For  Long  and  Faithful  Service 

I.  Name. — The  Seventh  Regiment  Military  Decora- 
tion for  Long  and  Faithful  Service  shall  be  known  as 
the  "Cross  of  Honor." 

II.  Design. — A  military  cross,  with  figure  "7,"  a 
wreath  of  oak  and  laurel,  and  the  words  "Long  and 
Faithful  Service."  On  reverse,  name  of  owner,  num- 
ber  of  decoration   and   year   issued. 

III.  Material. — Bronze  for  ten  years'  service; 
silver  for  fifteen  years'  service;  gold  for  twenty  years' 
service:  and  for  twenty-five  years'  service,  gold  with 
figure  "7"  in  brilliants. 

IV.  Who  Entitled  to  Decoration. — First,  Members 
of  this  Regiment  who  have  served  or  who  may  here- 
after serve  ten  years  or  more;  Second,  Exempt  mem- 


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bers  of  this  Regiment  who  served  in  the  Regular  or 
Volunteer  Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States  in 
i86i-i86s,  one  year  of  such  service  to  be  regarded 
as  equal  to  five  years'  service  in  the  Regiment,  and 
cases  of  discharge  from  the  United  States  service  on 
account  of  disability  to  receive  special  consideration; 
Fourth,  Members  and  ex-members  of  this  Regiment 
who  served  in  the  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army  or 
Navy  of  the  United  States  during  the  Spanish-Ameri- 
can War,  or  in  the  Philippines  after  April  ii,  1899, 
during  the  continuance  of  the  insurrection,  provided 
that  if  such  service  was  in  the  Volunteer  Army  or 
Navy,  they  shall  thereafter  rejoin  this  Regiment  unless 
discharged  from  the  United  States  service  for  physical 
disability  or  commissioned  in  the  Regular  Army;  one 
year  of  service  to  be  regarded  as  equal  to  two  and 
one-half  years'  of  service  in  this  Regiment.  Cases  of 
discharge  for  physical  disability  to  receive  special  con- 
sideration. The  color  of  the  ribbon  for  those  who 
have  served  in  the  Spanish-American  War  of  the 
Philippine  .Insurrection  to  be  red  and  yellow. 

V.  How  Issued. — The  bronze  decoration  to  be  pre- 
sented by  the  Regiment  to  all  who  are  entitled  to 
the  same;  and  to  those  who  hereafter  complete  fifteen 
years'  service  a  silver  bar  shall  be  presented  by  the 
Regiment,  to  be  placed  above  the  bronze  bar,  and 
to  those  who  hereafter  complete  twenty  years'  ser- 
vice, a  gold  bar  shall  also  be  presented  by  the  Regiment. 
The  silver  and  gold  bars  to  be  inscribed  with  the  num- 
ber of  years  in  service,  and  on  the  reverse  the  name 
date  of  issue  and  the  number  of  the  bar  in  its  order  in 
the   series   of   silver  and  gold   decorations   respectively. 

VI.  Applications. — This  decoration  shall  be  issued 
upon  applications  in  a  prescribed  form  addressed  to 
the  Adjutant  of  the  Regiment. 

VII.  Committee  on  Awards. — This  Committee 
shall  consist  of  the  Field  Officers  of  the  Regiment,  and 
upon  application  verified  by  the  Company  Command- 
ants, and  duly  anoroved  by  said  Committee  and  by  the 
Board  of  Officers,  the  Quartermaster  shall  issue  the 
decorations  and  take  receipts  for   same. 


VIII.  Records. — The  Quartermaster  shall  keep  a 
record  book  in  which  shall  be  recorded  the  names 
of  all  persons  to  whom  decorations  are  issued,  a 
record  of  the  military  service  in  each  case,  the  num- 
bers of  the  decorations  issued,  and  the  dates. 

IX.  Cost  of  Cross  and  Bars. — The  Cost  in 
silver,  in  gold,  or  in  gold  with  "7"  in  brilliants  can 
be  procured  through  the  Quartermaster,  by  or  for 
those  who  are  qualified  by  service  for  the  same  upon 
the  payment  to  him  of  the  cost  of  manufacture,  viz.; 
silver  $8.00,  gold  $80.00,  gold  with  "7"  in  brilliants 
$120.  The  bronze,  silver  and  gold  bars  can  also  be 
obtained  through  the  Quartermaster,  by  those  who 
have  heretofore  qualified  for  the  Cross,  and  they  will 
be  properly  attached  to  the  bronze  Cross  upon  the 
payment  to  the  Quartermaster  of  $1.50  for  the  new 
b.-onze  Lar,  $5.00  for  the  bronze  and  silver  bars,  and 
$17.00  for  the  bronze,  silver  and  gold  bars. 

X.  Public  Presentation. — To  those  who  may  here- 
after qualify  for  the  Cross  of  Honor  during  each  year 
ending  March  31,  and  who  are  in  active  service  in 
the  Regiment  at  that  date,  the  Cross  in  bronze,  or  the 
bar  in  silver,  or  in  gold,  will  be  publicly  presented 
at  a  parade  of  the  Regiment. 

Up  to  May  i,  1906,  1,113  members  had  received  the 
Cross  for  ten  years'  service;  270  for  fifteen  years'; 
98  for  twenty  years'  and  62  for  twenty-five  years'. 
17  Field   Musicians  had  received  the   Cross   for  ten 


Official  list  of  active  and  exempt  members  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  to  whom  the  Board 
of  Officers  has  awarded  the  Cross  of  Honor  for  long 
and  faithful  service.  The  *  indicates  service  in  the 
Regular  or  Volunteer  Army  or  Navy  of  the  United 
States  during  the  War,  1861-1865,  and  the  f  indicates 
service  in  the  same  forces  during  the  Spanish-Amer- 
ican War  or  the  Philippine  Insurrection.  The  numbers 
correspond  in  each  case  with  the  numbers  engraved 
upon  the  Cross  in  bronze  as  awarded  and  presented, 
years';  12  for  fifteen  years';  10  for  twenty  years'  and 
8  for  twenty-five  years'. 


Recipients  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  Cross  of  Honor 


AWARDED   NOV.   i,   1884. 

1.  Col.  Emmons  Clark. 

2.  Lt.-Col.  George  Moore  Smith. 
*3.  Maj.  Richard  Allison. 

4.  Capt.  Don  Alonzo  Pollard. 

5.  Capt.  William  H.  Kipp. 

6.  Capt.  William  C.  Casey. 

7.  Capt.  James  C.  Abrams. 

8.  Capt.  Henry  S.  Steele. 

9.  Capt.  Daniel  Appleton. 

10.  Capt.  George  B.  Rhoads. 

11.  Capt.  Augustus  W.  Conover. 

12.  Capt.   Andrew   Mills. 

13.  Rev.  Sullivan  H.  Weston. 

14.  Dr.  Moreau  Morris. 

15.  Lt.  E.  Graham  Haight. 

16.  Lt.  John  A.  Tackaberry. 

17.  Lt.  George  A.  Jones. 

18.  Lt.  John  W  McDougall 

19.  Lt.  Willard  C  Fisk. 

20.  Lt.  J.  E.  Schermerhorn. 

21.  Lt  Frank  Pawling 

22.  Lt.  George  W.  Rand. 

23.  Lt.  Charles  H.  Covell. 

24.  Lt.  John  F.  Long. 

25.  Lt.  James  B.  Dewson. 

26.  Lt.  James  E.  Ware. 


27.  Lt.  Victor  W.  Voorhees. 

28.  Lt.  Charles  T.  Dillingham. 

29.  Lt.  Bradish  J.  Smith. 

30.  Lt.  Charles  E.  Lydecker. 
*3i.  Gen.   Alexander   Shaler. 
"■32.  Gen.  Louis  Fitzgerald. 
*33.  Gen.   Schuyler  Hamilton. 
*34.  Gen.  Abram  Duryee. 
■"35.  Gen.  Edward  Jardine. 
""36.  Gen.  Robert  Nugent. 
*37.  Gen.  John  G  Wright. 

38.  Gen.  Charles  F.  Robbins. 

39.  Col.  William  H.  Riblet. 

40.  Capt.  Edward  O.  Bird. 

41.  Capt.  George  P.  Barrett. 

42.  Capt.  Peter  Palmer. 
*43.  Capt.  Henry  I.  Hayden. 

44.  Capt.  John  Le  Bcutillier. 

45.  Lt.  James  P.  Burrell. 

46.  Lt.  Wm.  Gayer  Dominick. 

47.  Lt.  Daniel  Chauncey,  Jr. 

48.  Capt.  Darius  Ferry. 

49.  Lt.  Henry  S.  Germond. 

50.  Lt.  Edward  Earle. 

51.  Lt.  Albert  T.  Wyckofi^. 
"'52.  Col.  Harmon  D.  Hull. 
"'53.  Lt.-Col.  Lynde  Catlin. 

*S4.  Lt.-Col.  George  A.  Bernard. 
*S5.  Maj.  Rufus  King. 


*S6.  Capt.  Edward  Bernard. 
*S7.  Capt.  David  Miller. 
'''58.  Capt.  Waldo  Sprague. 
*S9-  Capt.  Henry  C.  Ellis. 

60.  Sgt.  Peter  D.  Braisted,  Jr. 

61.  Sgt.  William  B.  Coughtry. 

62.  Sgt.  Thomas  Clark,  Jr. 

63.  Sgt.  Daniel  A.  Nesbitt. 

64.  Sgt.  Oiarles  E.  Snevily. 
6s.  Sgt.  George  W.  Chauncey. 

*66.  Sgt.  Hugh  B.  Thomson. 

67.  Sgt.  John  B.  Holland. 

68.  Sgt.  Thomas  E.  Rice. 

69.  Sgt.  Wm.  Atwood  French. 

70.  Sgt.  J.  P.  M.  Richards. 

71.  Sgt.  Jacob  M.  Schuyler. 

72.  Sgt.  Walter  G  Schuyler. 

73.  Sgt.  Warren  R.  Bostwick. 

74.  Sgt.  W.  J.  Wilson. 

75.  Sgt.  John  W.  Coady. 

76.  Sgt.  James  D.  Ford. 
*77-  Cpl.  H.  'N.  Bradstreet. 
"'78.  Cpl.  John.  B.  Mclntyre. 

79.  Cpl.  Albert  L.  Wickert. 

80.  Cpl.  Robert  S.  Ferguson. 

81.  Cpl.  George  W.  Lewis. 

82.  Cpl.  Henry  L.  Backus. 

83.  Sgt.  E.  J.  Hyde. 

84.  Sgt.  George  Gregory. 


Ixxi 


8s. 
86. 
87. 
88. 
89. 
90. 

91- 
92. 

93- 

*94- 

95- 

*96. 

*97- 
*98. 

99- 
100. 

*IOI. 
*IQ2. 

*I03. 
*I04. 
*I05. 
*io6. 
*I07. 
108. 
♦109. 

*IIO. 

*iii. 
112. 

*ii3- 
114. 

lis- 
♦116. 

117. 

118. 

119. 

120. 

121. 

122. 

123. 
♦134. 

125- 

126. 
127. 
128. 
129. 
130. 
131- 
132. 
133- 
*I34- 
135- 
136. 

137- 
138. 
139- 
140. 
141. 
142. 

143. 
144. 

♦146. 

*I47. 
♦148. 

*I49- 
♦150. 

*I5I. 
♦152. 
*IS3- 
■  *I54. 
*I5S. 
*I56. 
*IS7. 
*IS8. 
*i.TO- 
*i6o. 


Pvt.  Whitman  S.  Lent. 
Pvt.  Edward  J.  Love. 
Pvt.  William  M.  Morgan. 
Pvt.  George  W.  Hasbrouck. 
Pvt.  John  A.  Hunt. 
Pvt.  John  G.  Bert. 
Pvt.  John  A.  Murray. 
Pvt.  Louis  G.  Frankau. 
Pvt.  Harrison  G.  McFaddin. 
Cpl.  David  M.  Doremus. 
Pvt.  Harold  C.  Titus. 
Maj.  Joseph  J.  Comstock. 
Capt.  Gulian  V.  Weir. 
Capt.  August  Shimmel. 
Lt.  Frederick  Kopper. 
Sgt.  John  McGreevty. 
Maj.  Frank  K.  Smith. 
Col.  Wm.  W.  Stephenson. 
Lt.-Col.  John  L.  Brower. 
Capt.  William  W.  Tracy. 
Capt.  R.  Burnett  Smith. 
Capt.  P.  R.  Chadwick. 
Capt.  Henry  H.  Mott. 
Lt.  Henry  L.  Freeland. 
Lt.  Joseph  Neustaedter. 
Capt.  J.  D.  Schuller. 
Lt.  Roswell  Weston. 
Lt.  Charles  B.  Bostwick. 
Engr.  Frederick  Eckel. 
Sgt.  William  Hamel. 

Sgt.  George  H.  Daily. 

Sgt.  Edward  J.  Olssen. 

Sgt.  Henrv  W.  Freeman. 
Sgt.  Charles  Frey. 

Sgt.  C.  H.  Cadwell. 
Sot.  Arthur  T.  Timpson. 

Sgt.  Wm.  H.  Hampton,  Jr. 

Sgt.  Charles  L.  Cozzens. 

Sgt.  H.  Blanchard  Dominick. 

Sgt.  John  M.  Smith. 

Sgt.  John  N.  Wright. 

Cpl.  George  G.  Cowl. 

Cpl.   E.   Sidney  Terhune. 

Cpl.  Charles  W.  Kane. 

Cpl.   Samuel  J.    Chambers. 

Cpl.  Frank  W.  Colwell. 

Cpl.    Alexander   Dominick. 

Cpl.   Frank  P.   Rossiter. 

Cpl.  Jas.  H.  Bartholomew. 

Cpl.  H.  C.  Nichols. 

Cpl.  E.  F.  Weidenfeld. 

Cpl.    Charles    Gregory. 

Cpl.   E.   J.   Lowry. 

Cpl.   James    R.    Steers,   Jr. 

Cpl.  Antonio   C.   Martinez. 

Cpl.  Walter  Lipe. 

Cpl.    William    Hart. 

Cpl.  William  Peake. 

Cpl.   George   F.   Dominick. 

Cpl.  James  Muir. 

Cpl.  John  F.  Jolly. 

Maj.  William  H.  Corsa. 

Capt.   George  Tuthill. 

Rev.  J.  Tuttle  Smith. 

Capt.  James  B.  Grant. 

Capt.    James    Wood. 

Maj.  John  H.  Coster. 

Lt.  A.   R.   Barrett. 

Lt.  Henry  B.  Dyer. 

Cpl.   Frederick  A.   McKay. 

Sgt.  John   B.    Clapp. 

Maj.  Edward  L.  Halsted. 

Capt.  John    L.   Little. 

Lt.  James   Miller. 

Lt.  William   O.   Chapman. 

Lt.  W.  H.  Vance. 


161.  Lt.   Gouverneur  Kemble. 

162.  Sgt.  William  B.  Freeman. 

163.  Pvt.  Edward  N.  Ebbets. 

164.  Pvt.  Andrew  J.   Smith. 

165.  Col.   Andrew   A.    Bremner. 

166.  Col.  Dudley  S.  Steele. 
*i67.  Lt.-Col.   Samuel  Truesdell. 

168.  Capt.  John  W.  Murray. 

169.  Sgt.  John  J.  Coger. 

170.  Pvt.  Ferdmand  S.  Joline. 

171.  Sgt.  Charles  Williamson. 
*I72.  Sgt.   Louis  L.   Robbins. 

173.  Sgt.  Henry  P.  Carrington. 

174.  Sgt.  Albert  Delafield. 

175.  Cpl.   William   E.   Turner. 

176.  Cpl.  Frederick  H.  Pinkney. 
*I77.  Gen.  J.  J.   Morrison. 
*I78.  Gen.  John  McNeil. 

"179.  Maj.  James  S.  Casey. 
*i8o.  Maj.  Charles   F.   Mears. 
*i8i.  Lt.-Col.  S.  W.  McPherson. 
*i82.  Capt.  Henry  W.  T.  Mali. 

183.  Capt.   Thomas    Barrington. 
*i8a.  Capt.  William  H.  Romaine. 
♦185.  Capt.    Poinsett   Cooper. 
*i86.  Lt.  Fred  T.  Peet. 
*i87.  Lt.  S.  M.  Kellinger. 
*i88.  Lt.  Joseph  B.  Steohenson. 
*i89.  Lt.  Arthur  V.  B.  Lockrow. 
*I90.  Sgt.  Fred.  E.  Edgar. 

191.  Cpl.  Wm.   B.   Leonard. 

192.  Pvt.  John  D.  Lipe. 

193.  Pvt.  George  D.  Pond. 

194.  Lt.  Irvin  H.  MacBride. 

195.  Sgt.   Francis  N.  Howland. 
♦196.  Col.   George  W.  Stilwell. 

197.  Pvt.  James  L.  Brumley. 
♦198.  Gen.  Lewis  T.  Barney. 

199.  Maj.   C.   H.   Meday. 
*200.  Capt.  William  H.  Palmer. 
*20i.  Capt.   George  W.   Ring. 
*202.  Gen.  John   Hendrickson. 
*203.  Lt.  H.  W.   Hubbell,  Jr. 
*204.  Col.  Wm.  J.  Denslow. 

205.  Capt.  Wm.  A.  Speaight. 
*;o6.  Sgt.  George  W.  Cowen. 

207.  Pvt.  Thomas  H.  Beeckman. 
*2o8.  Pvt.   Charles   W.    Chauncey. 

209.  Pvt.  Dudley  R.  Andrews. 
*2io.  Lt.-Col.  Edward  H.  Little. 
*2ii.  Lt.   Gardner  K.  Doughty. 


AWARDED  DEC.  6,  1884. 


*2I2. 
*2I3. 
*2I4. 
*2I5. 
*2l6. 

♦217. 

*2l8. 
*2I9. 
*220. 
*22I. 
*222. 
*223. 
*224. 
*225. 
*226. 
*227. 
*228. 
*229. 
*230. 

231. 

232. 

*213. 

234- 


Gen.   Richard  N.   Bowerman. 
Gen.  Allan  Rutherford. 
Lt.-Col.  Henry  G.  Healy. 
Lt.-Col.  Augustus  Belknap. 
Lt.-Col.   Smith   W.   Anderson 
Lt.-Col.  A.  S.  Marshall. 
Lt.-Col.  Robert  W.  Leonard. 
Dr.  William  B.  Eager. 
Maj.  James  C.   Cooley. 
Lt.-Col.  John   N.   Coyne. 
Capt.  Jacob  Duryee. 
Lt.-Col.  William  A.   Kobbe. 
Maj.   Eugene   F.   Roberts. 
Dr.  S.  B.  Tuthil!. 
Capt.  Charles  H.  Lyon. 
Capt.  L.  A.  Fish. 
Lt.  George  T.  Cooke. 
Lt.  Whittingham   Cox. 
Lt.  Philitv  D.  Giilager. 
Sgt.  Frederick  P.  Marshall. 
Sgt.  Thomas   B.   Harrison. 
Sgt.  George  A.  Price. 
Sgt.  Warren  U.  Reynolds. 


235- 
236. 

237. 
*238. 

239. 
♦240. 
♦241. 
♦242. 
*243. 
*244- 

24s. 
♦246. 
*347. 

248. 

249. 

250. 
♦251. 

252. 
*253. 
*254. 
*2S5. 
*2S6. 
*257. 
*2S8. 
*259. 
*26o. 

*26l. 

262. 

263. 

♦264. 

265. 

266. 

267. 
*268. 
*269. 

270. 

271. 

272. 

273- 

274- 

275- 

276. 

277. 

278. 

279- 

280. 

281. 
♦282. 
*283. 
♦284. 

285. 

286. 

287. 

288. 

289. 

*290. 


Sgt.  George  W.  Harlan. 
Sgt.   Edwin   W.   Orvis. 
Pvt.  Laurent  B.  Dryer. 
Pvt.  James  Martin. 
Pvt.  Gerard  M.   Barretto. 
Purser.  Thomas  W.  Holder. 
Col.  William  R.  Smedberg. 
Gen.   Charles   G.   Bartlett. 
Lt.-Col.  William  Winthrop. 
Maj.  Thomas  Lord. 
Capt.  Francis  W.  Houghton. 
Maj.  William  P.   Halsted. 
Maj.  Philip  Schuyler. 
Maj.  John  R.  Apdrews. 
Lt.  Walter  Kobbe. 
Lt.  Fred.  A.  Goodwin. 
Paymr.   Charles   B.   Perry. 
Lt.-Col.  E.  M.  Crawford. 
Capt.  John  S.  Loud. 
Capt.  Gilbert  M.  Husted. 
Capt.  B.  R.  Keefler. 
Capt.  Edward  S.  Earle. 
Lt.-Col.  James  B.  Mix. 
Capt.   A.    B.   Villeplait. 
Maj.   C.   Graham   Bacon. 
Maj.   E.   R.   Merriman. 
Capt.   George   H.   Wheaton. 
Capt.  George  W.  Ely. 
Lt.  Robert  M.  Weed. 
Lt.  J.  Brainerd  Taylor. 
Sgt.  Charles  S.  Livingston. 
Sgt.  James  H.  Redman. 
Sgt.  George  Quail. 
Sgt.  Lewis  C.  Updike. 
Sgt.   George  W.   Munson. 
Cpl.  Daniel  S.  Mapes. 
Cpl.   Samuel  T.  Bennett. 
Cpl.  J.  L.  Kellinger. 
Cpl.  Edward  D.  Hale. 
Pvt.  James  H.  Cornell. 
Sgt.  Horace  C.  DuVal. 
Sgt.  James   E.   Holmes. 
Cpl.    Edward   McCoy. 
Sgt.  Robert  Murray. 
Pvt.  Wm.  C.  B.  Kemp. 
Sgt.   Henry  W.   Clements. 
Sgt.   Howard   Bunting. 
Maj.  Edgar  Ketchum. 
Col.  Wm.  E.  VanWyck. 
Capt.  Peter  A.  Rink. 
Sgt.  Thomas  S.  Thorp. 
Lt.  John  A.  Sniftin. 
Pvt.  W.  Kumbel  Wilson. 
Sgt.  J.  B.  Amerman. 
Lt.  John  J.  Behringer. 
Gen.   F.  Eugene  Trotter. 


AWARDED  JAN.  ^.  i? 


♦291. 

*292. 

293- 
*294. 

*29S- 
♦296. 

297. 

298. 

299. 
*300. 
*30i. 

302. 

303. 

,304- 

30.';. 

3oi5. 
*307. 
*3o8. 


Maj.  David  F.  Wright. 
Maj.  Ivan  Tailof. 
Capt.  Edward  G.  Arthur. 
Capt.  Edmund  Blunt. 
Capt.   Philip  C.  Rogers. 
Paymr.  Wm.  Lee  Darling. 
Lt.   Edward  J.   Steele. 
Lt.  Isaac  N.  Judson. 
Lt.  Milton  B.  Sweet. 
Lt.  John  W.  Sibell. 
Lt.   Joseph    Cantrell. 
Sgt.  Isaac  Duryee. 
Sgt.  Richard  F.  Ware. 
Sgt.   Henry  Camerden, 
Sgt.   Frank  McCoy. 
Sgt.  Geo.  W.  Rosevelt,  Jr. 
Sgt.  Wm.  J.  OHohant. 
Sgt.  William  E.  Starr. 


Jr. 


Ixxii 


PPEV^EP^i^gl! 


*3og.  Sgt.  T.  G.  Thome. 

310.  Sgt.  Thomas  L.  Camerden. 

311.  Cpl.  Jesse   F.   Campbell. 

312.  Cpi.  William  J.  Cassidy. 

313.  Cpl.  Edward  C.  Anderson. 

314.  Cpl.  Fred.  J.  Evans. 

315.  Pvt.  Sylvester  L.  H.  Ward. 

316.  Pvt.  Isaiah  W.  Lore. 
*3i7.  Capt.  James  Plant. 

318.  Pvt.  E.  W.  Clarkson. 

319.  Pvt.   William   B.   Dick. 

320.  Pvt.    George  J.   Sontag. 
*32i.  Lt.-Col.  Henry  L.  Pierson,  Jr. 

322.  Col.   William   F.   Taylor. 

323.  Col.   S.   Oscar   Ryder. 
♦324.  Col.   Charles   L.  Norton 

325.  Lt.   Charles  W.   Sy. 

326.  Lt.   John    M.    Amory. 
♦327.  Lt.  Norwood  A.   Halsey. 
♦328.  Gen.  J.  E.  Duryee. 

329.  Cpl.  Leroy  A.  Hickok. 

330.  Pvt.   Silas   B.    Bostwick. 
*33i.  Capt.  M.  L.  M.  Peixotto. 


AWARDED  FEB.  6,  18 


'332. 
*333- 
*334- 
*.33S- 
*336. 
*337- 
*338. 
*339- 
*.340. 

.341- 

342. 
*343- 
*344. 

345- 

346. 
*347- 

348. 

349- 

350. 

351- 
*3S2. 

353- 

354- 
*355- 

356. 

357. 

358. 
*■^:Q. 
♦360. 
*36i. 
♦362. 

363. 

364. 
*36S. 

*366. 

367. 

368. 

*369. 

370. 

371. 

373- 
*374- 

*''7> 
*376. 

:^77. 
378. 


Gen.  Egbert  L.  Viele. 
Gen.  James  R.  O'Beirne. 
Gen.  Gilbert  H.  McKibbin. 
Col.  Harvey  S.  Chatfield. 
Lt.-Col.  James  W.   Powell. 
Lt.-Col.  William  P.  Roome. 
Lt.-Col.  Alexander  Douglas. 
Maj.  Robert  P.  Barry. 
Lt.-Col.  Gould  H.  Thorp. 
Capt.  Francis  W.  Bacon. 
Capt.  Henry  B.  Turner. 
Capt.   H.   H.   Holbrook. 
Capt.   Frank  M.   Kelley. 
Sgt.  Walter  S.  Wilson. 
Sgt.  L.  L.  S.  Clearman. 
Sgt.    George    B.   Thorne. 
Sgt.  George  G.  Stow. 
Sgt.  J.   H.   Harrison. 
Sgt.  William  H.  Terhune. 
Cpl.   Theodore   Burgoyne. 
Cpl.   Samuel   A.    Beers. 
Cpl.   Eugene   A.    Hyde. 
Pvt.   Frederick  Jacobson. 
Pvt.   Charles  F.  Wisewell. 
Pvt.  George  W.  Rodgers. 
Pvt.   Charles   H.   Swords. 
Pvt.  John  Kase.  Jr. 
Gen.   Wm.   Henry   Browne. 
Col.  William  L.  Bramhall. 
Lt.-Col.     Charles     J.    Murphv. 
Mai.   William   H.   Wiley. 
Lt.  S.  Burdett  Hyatt. 
Lt.  Horace  Bacon. 
Lt.  Fritz  Robert. 
Master  Benj.  S.  Weeks. 
Sgt.  James  L.  Beers. 
Sgt.    William    Poillon. 
Pvt.    Thomas    S.   Timpson. 
Pvt.    F.    B.    Messenger. 
Pvt.   A.   Garrison. 
Gen.  John  A.   Foster. 
Cpl.  J.  Anpus  Shaw. 
Paymr.   William   H.   Owen. 
Capt.  Albert  V.   Meeks. 
Capt.    Richard    R.    Brouner. 
Pvt.  W.  S.   Neilson. 
Cpl.  Wm.  D.  S.  Hyer. 


*38i. 
*382. 

383. 

384. 
*38S. 
*386. 
*387. 
*388. 
♦389. 
*390. 
*39i. 

392. 

393- 

394- 

395- 

396. 

397. 

398. 

399- 

400. 

401. 

402. 
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*404- 
*40S- 
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411. 

412. 

413. 
414. 
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416. 
417. 
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421. 


Gen.  Edward  L.  Molineux. 
Col.  Charles  R.  Coster. 
Lt.-Col.   William   A.   Pond. 
Lt.-Col.  James  Price. 
Maj.  John  Lawrence. 
Capt.  Joel  B.   Erhardt. 
Capt.  Edward  C.  Kittle. 
Capt.  Francis  A.  Silva. 
Lt.  John  Walker. 
Lt.  Ebenezer  R.  Johnson. 
Lt.  James  B.  Vose. 
Lt.   Benjamin   Parr. 
Lt.  Henry  Everdell. 
Sgt.  J.   H.  Hobart   Haws. 
Sgt.  Charles  A.  Cappa. 
Pvt.  Edward  Kemp. 
Pvt.  Samuel  E.   Hiscox. 
Pvt.  Thomas  C.  Doremus. 
Cpl.   Samuel   E.   Warren. 
Pvt.    Charles    S.    Wright. 
Cpl.  Charles  M.  Baker. 
Lt.  Peter  J.  Bogert. 
Lt.-Col.   Henry  M.   Porter. 
Lt.-Col.   Francis   H.   Cowdrey. 
Maj.  W.  H.  Schieffelin. 
Capt.   John    Oldershaw. 
Gen.   N.   B.   McLaughlin. 
Paymr.   William   Patten. 
A.  M.  Mate  J.  Russell  Howell. 
Lt.   Robert   O'Neill   Ford. 
Lt.  Charles  J.  Day. 
Sgt.  William  J.   Knight. 
Sgt.  Thomas   E.   Delano. 
Sgt.  H.  M.  Nesbitt. 
Pvt.   Joseph   McLaren. 
Sgt.  George  T.  Mortimer. 
Lt.  John  W.  Bogert. 
Lt.-Col.  Adolphus  d'Orville. 
Capt.  R.  S.  Alcoke. 
Lt.   George   B.  Butler,  Jr. 
Lt.    Charles   R.   Willets. 


AWARDED   MARCH   7.   1885. 

♦370.  Gen.   H.    E.   Tremain. 
♦380.  Gen.  George  R.  Vernon. 


AWARDED  APRIL  11,  1885. 

*422.  Gen.  J.   Fred.   Pierson. 
♦423.  Gen.   Nat.   P.   Lane. 
*424.  Lt.-Col.  Edwin  S.  Babcock. 
♦425.  Maj.   Wm.   Wallace   Buckley. 
*426.  Col.  Thomas   Freeborn. 
*427.  Capt.   Stephen  T.   Hosmer. 
*428.  Capt.   John   W.   French. 
*429.  Capt.  Townsend  L.   Hatfield. 

430.  Capt.   Charles  W.   Smith. 

431.  Capt.   George   W.   Brainerd. 

432.  Capt.  William  R.  Pettigrew. 
*433.  Lt.  Henry  J.  Foster. 

434.  Lt.  John  W.  Spicer. 

435.  Sgt.   William   H.   Ward. 

436.  Sgt.  Gould  B.  Hedenberg. 
437-  Sgt.  James  W.  Clarke. 

438.  Sgt.   Frederick  W.   Herring. 

439.  Cpl.  Augustus  F.  Pendleton. 

440.  Pvt.   Robert  Wilson. 

44t.  Pvt.  John  L.   Haulenbeek. 

442.  Pvt.  Alexander  Marshall. 

443.  Pvt.  Edgar  S.  Pratt. 

AWARDED  OCT.  3.  1885. 

*t44.  Gen.  Charfes  E.  Smith. 
*445.  Lt.-Col.   Percy  B.   Spear. 
♦446.  Maj.   Francis   S.   Earle. 
*447.  Maj.   Frederick  Mears. 
*448.  Capt.  A.  M.  Burtis. 
*449.  Capt.  Wm.  L.  Watson. 
♦.-ISO.  Capt.    Alex.    B.    MacGowan. 
*45i.  Capt.   L.   O.   Goodridge. 


452.  Capt.   Lewis  H.  Watts. 

453.  Capt.   Charles  A.   Easton. 

454.  Lt.  Joseph  Dore. 

*455.  Lt.    Eliphalet   W.   Stratton. 
♦456.  Sgt.   R.   L.  Johnson. 
*4S7.  Sgt.   Willis   McDonald. 

458.  Sgt.  Frank  W.  Drake. 

459.  Sgt.    George   Gibson. 

460.  Sgt.  William  Clark. 

461.  Sgt.   Robert  Clark. 

462.  Cpl.  John  Dunham. 

463.  Pvt.  Wyckoff  Vanderhoef. 
*464.  Pvt.  Eugene  Bissell. 
♦465.  Paymr.    Wm.    H.    Reid. 

466.  Lt.  James  L.  Harway. 

467.  Pvt.   George  F.  Merchant. 

468.  Sgt.  Wm.  H.  Francis. 

469.  Sgt.   Charles   L.   Waterbury. 

470.  Sgt.  George  E.  Moore. 

471.  Lt.    Edward   E.   Sage. 

472.  Pvt.  Alfred  G.  Swift. 

AWARDED  DEC.  5,  1885. 

*473.  Lt.-Col.   Henry  Street. 
*474-  Lt.-Col.  Charles  N.  Swift. 
*475.  Maj.  Henry  Van  der  Weyde. 

476.  Capt.  Louis  E.  Leflferts. 

477.  Lt.   Harry   D.   Cooper. 

478.  Sgt.  James  J.  McKenna. 

479.  Sgt.  John  K.  Green. 

480.  Sgt.  John  T.  McLaughlin. 

481.  Sgt.  James  E.  McNicol. 

482.  Sgt.  Thomas  S.  Taylor. 

483.  Sgt.    Edward   W.    Price. 

484.  Cpl.  Frank  A.  Buckman. 

485.  Cpl.  William  T.   Peterson. 

486.  Pvt.  James  Adam. 

487.  Pvt.   William  A.   Bryant. 

488.  Pvt.  John  Corcoran. 

489.  Pvt.  Amos   H.  Cropsey. 

490.  Pvt.   W.   S.  Thomson. 

491.  Pvt.   William  J.  Wells. 

492.  Pvt.  Joseph  Williams. 

AWARDED  FEB.  13,  1886. 

*493.  Lt.  E.  A.  Edwards. 

494.  Lt.  George  S.  Loder. 

495.  Sgt.   Benjamin   Edge. 

496.  Sgt.    Samuel   M.   Warnock. 

497.  Cpl.  D.  L.  M.  Peixotto. 

498.  Cpl.  Enoch  Dutcher. 

499.  Cpl.  James   H.   Davidson. 
*500.  Pvt.  L.  H.  Broome. 

501.  Pvt.   George  J.   Daniell. 

502.  Pvt.  Wm.   M.   Corner. 

503.  Pvt.   Samuel   D.   Folsom. 

AWARDED  OCT.  2,  1886. 

♦504.  Col.   Wm.    H.    Chesebrough. 
*50S.  Col.  Jacob  J.  Noah. 
*So6.  Lt.-Col.  George  N.  Bomfor^i. 
*507.  Lt.-Col.   John   B.  Winslow. 

508.  Lt.-Col.  Frank  G.  Ward. 

509.  Capt.    James    L.    Price 
*5io.  Capt.  Alex.  H.  Brittbn. 
*5ii.  Capt.   Fenton   Rockwell. 
*5I2.  Lt.  Robert  D.   Evans. 
♦513.  Lt.  Charles  D.  Sutton. 

514.  Lt.   C.   B.   Coffin. 

515.  Lt.  Frank  Munn. 

516.  Paymr.  Theodore  O.   Ebaueh 
117.  Sgt.  Edwin  C.  Ray,  Jr. 

■(la  Cpl.   John    F.    Thies. 

519.  Pvt.  Joseph   R.   Dederer. 

520.  Pvt.    William    Bennett. 


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AWARDED  NOV.  27,  1886. 

521.  Lt.   James    Thorne    Harper. 

522.  Sgt.   George   H.    Gould. 

523.  Sgt.  William  P.  Atkinson. 

524.  Pvt.    J.    Worster    Hale. 

525.  Pvt.  Alexander  Burn. 

526.  Pvt.   Cyrus   F.   Loutrel. 

527.  Pvt.  John  J.  Cauchois. 

AWARDED   MARCH  5,   1887. 

528.  Sgt.  John   R.   Stanton. 

529.  Pvt.  Enos  F.  Jones. 

530.  Pvt.  David  S.  Skinner. 
'531.  Sgt.   N.   Malon   Beckwith. 

532.  Pvt.  Henry  W.  Comegys. 

533.  Pvt.  Russell  Dart. 

534.  Pvt.  William  R.  Ward. 

535.  Pvt.  Benj.  F.  McKinley. 
*536.  Lt.-Col.  F.  E.  Mcllvaine. 
*537  Col.  E.  B.  Van  Winkle. 
*538.  Capt'.  F.  H.   Corrie. 

539.  Pvt.  John  Herriman,  Jr. 

AWARDED  DEC.  10,  1887. 

♦540.  Capt.  John   R.   Paxton. 

*S4i.  Lt.  T.  W.  B.  Hughes. 

*S42.  Sgt.  George  W.  Freeland. 

543.  Capt.Joseph   Lentilhon. 

544.  Sgt.  W.  H.  Heisser. 

545.  Sgt.   Edward   W.   Burnette. 

546.  Sgt.  Walter  N.  Vail. 

547.  Sgt.   Wm.  J.   Underwood. 

548.  Sgt.  Wm.  H.  Folsom. 

549.  Cpl.  Charles  S.  Clark. 

550.  Cpl.  W.  W.  Tompkins. 

551.  Pvt.    George    W.    Thatcher. 

552.  Pvt.  Joseph  E.   Disbrow. 

553.  Pvt.  John  F.  Attridge. 

AWARDED  MARCH   3,   1888. 

554.  Lt.  Edward  L.  NicoU. 

555.  Sgt.  Charles  Cook. 

556.  Sgt.  Thomas  A.   Bartley. 

557.  Sgt.  Wm.  G.  Bates. 

558.  Cpl.   Dudley  Betts. 

559.  Cpl.    G.    H.    Crawford. 

560.  Pvt.  H.  W.  Ronk. 

561.  Pvt.  Thomas  J.  Taylor. 

562.  Pvt.  George  L.  Androus. 

563.  Pvt.  Thomas  J.   Blanck,  2d. 
♦564.  Sgt.  John  Bolton. 

AWARDED   DEC.    i,    1888. 

565.  Surg.  Daniel  M.  Stimson. 

566.  Sgt.  Thomas  M.  Halsey. 

567.  Sgt.  Abner  L.   Ely. 

568.  Sgt.  Edgar  L.   Reynolds. 

569.  Sgt.  Byron  W.  Anderson. 

570.  Sgt.  James  E.  Schuyler. 

571.  Pvt.  Thomas  W.   Linton. 

572.  Pvt.  Albert  E.  Pond. 
*S73.  Lt.-Col.  Walter  E.  Kidder. 
*574.  Lt.-Col.   Z.   S.  Spalding. 
*575.  Lt.  C.  J.  Theriot. 

♦576.  Paymr.  Wm.  V.  Porter. 

*577.  Pvt.  B.  F.  Hillery. 

578.  Pvt.   George   F.   Bates. 

579.  Pvt.  A.  Bastianelli. 

AWARDED  JAN.  29,  1889. 

580.  Sgt.  William  A.  Jennings. 
5S1.  Sgt.  John  C.  Wohlfert. 


582.  Cpl.    George    W.    Robinson. 

583.  Pvt.   James   C.    Knox. 

584.  Lt.  Gulian  V.  Quilliard. 

AWARDED  JAN.  30,  1890. 

♦585.  Capt.   Charles   E.   Heuberer. 

586.  Lt.   Andrew  J.    Eccles. 

587.  Lt.  Eugene  T.  Kirkland. 

588.  Lt.   Addison   McDougall. 

589.  Sgt.  James  W.  Carter. 

590.  Sgt.   Henry  H.  Spelman. 

591.  Sgt.  Gerald  N.  Stanton. 

592.  Sgt.    Charles   W.   Wernig. 

593.  Sgt.  George  D.  Cook. 

594.  Sgt.  F.   L.  VanBenschoten. 

595.  Sgt.  Wm.  V.  A.  Mulhallon. 

596.  Sgt.  Arthur  C.  Clayton. 

597.  Cpl.  Joseph   F.   Day. 

598.  Cpl.   M.  J.   FitzMahony. 

599.  Cpl.  William  A.  Taylor. 

600.  Pvt.  Marshall  W<  Scriven. 

601.  Cpl.  Jas.  Worrall  Arthur. 

602.  Pvt.   Stephen  Alex.   Cooper. 

603.  Cpl.  Edward  H.  Gouge. 

604.  Pvt.   David  A.  McLeod. 

605.  Pvt.  Albert  Shumway,  Jr. 

606.  Pvt.  Zeb.  Mayhcw. 

607.  Pvt.  Charles  W.  Miller. 

608.  Pvt.   Smith   A.   Harriman. 

AWARDED  MARCH  22,  1890. 

609.  Pvt.    William    S.    Righter. 

610.  Sgt.    Henry   S.   Clark. 

611.  Sgt.   David   Valentine,   Jr. 

612.  Pvt.  Jas.  Osborne  Wright 
*6l3.  Lt.   Charles   R.   Hickox. 
*6i4.  Capt.  Edw.   N.   Kirk  Talcott. 

AWARDED  JAN.  3.  iSpi- 

615.  Pvt.    George   W.    Happy. 

616.  Lt.  Stephen  W.  Merritt. 

617.  Lt.  Morton  B.  Stele. 

618.  Lt.   R.   A.   Powers. 

619.  Sgt.  John  V.  Black. 

620.  Sgt.  William   R.  Ware. 

621.  Sgt.  William  M.   Ballard. 

622.  Sgt.  J.  W.  B.  Rockwell. 

623.  Cpl.    H.    V.    D.    Black. 

624.  Cpl.  Charles  H.  Cadwell. 

625.  Cpl.  Charles  L.  Winters. 

626.  Cpl.   William    A.   Jones. 

627.  Pvt.    M.    C.    Patterson. 

628.  Pvt.  George  F.  Carll. 

AWARDED  MARCH  12,  1891. 

629.  Capt.  William  A.  Valentino. 

630.  Lt.  Robert  McLean. 

631.  Sgt.  Frederic  Van  Lennep. 

632.  Sgt.  Theodor  Guerra. 

633.  Sgt.    Theodore    Babcock.    Jr. 

634.  Sgt.  Frederick  W.  Budd. 

635.  Lt.-Col.  Fredk.  C.  McLewee. 
6-!6.  Pvt.   L.  Strettell   Miller. 

637.  Pvt.  John   Daniell.  Jr. 

6^8.  Pvt.   Joseph  Dowd. 

639.  Pvt.  T.  J.   O.  Rhinelander. 

640.  Cpl.  Charles  M.  Englis. 

641.  Pvt.  Edwin.. \.  Brooks. 

642.  Lt.   Oscar  Mussinan.  Jr. 
♦643.  Lt.  Henry  S.  Brevoort. 

*644.  S'm'n  U.  S.  N.  C.  F.  Seymour 
645.  Pvt.    George   E.   Molleson. 
♦646.  Capt.  Robert  Bailey. 


AWARDED  SEPT.  11,  1891. 

647.  Pvt.  George  Clark,  Jr. 
AWARDED   FEB.   16,   1892. 

648.  Lt.   Charles   F.   Bement. 

649.  Lt.  Harry  E.  Zittel. 

650.  Sgt.  Charles  L.  Comfort. 

651.  Sgt.   Francis  C.   Harriman. 

652.  Sgt.  Alfred  M.   Hearn. 

653.  Sgt.    Frank    Hoch. 

654.  Cpl.   Clemens   F.   Mull?r. 

655.  Pvt.   Robert   F.   Morrison. 

656.  Pvt,.  August  Bertrand. 

657.  Pvt.  James   Spies. 

658.  Pvt.  Horace  E.  Fox. 

659.  Pvt.   Edw.  C.  Schoonmaker. 

660.  Pvt.   Allan  D.   Dederick. 

661.  Pvt.  John  A.   Livingston. 

662.  Pvt.   Robert  S.   Holt,  Jr. 

663.  Cpl.   Henry  H.  Arthur. 
♦664.  Capt.  Thomas  H.  Annable. 

AWARDED   MARCH  22,  1892. 

665.  Cpl.   John    R.    Cummings. 

666.  Pvt.   Miles   C.   Palmer. 

667.  Sgt.    Paul    A.    Jeannot. 

AWARDED    JAN.    7,    1893 

668.  Lt.    Francis    G.    Landon. 
66g.   Lt.  J.   Watson   Cochran. 

670.  Lt.    Robert    Mazet.. 

671.  Lt.  Charles  A.  Appleton. 

672.  Sgt.    Arthur    E.    White. 

673.  Sgt.    James    Wotherspoon. 

674.  Sgt.   John   Jay   White,   Jr. 

675.  Cpl.  J.  A.  Jenkins. 

676.  Cpl.  John  Hallett  Clark. 

677.  Cpl.   Curtis  P.   Gately. 

678.  Cpl.   Clarence   L.   Smith. 

679.  Cpl.   Frederick  R.  Lee. 
680   Cpl.    Robert   M.    Kalloch 

681.  Pvt.  E.  W.  Bennett. 

682.  Pvt.   John   Winfield   Scott. 

683.  Pvt.    Arthur    Fitch. 

684.  Lt.  Wilbur  B.  Bradley. 

685.  Pvt.  Harry  S.  Morris. 

686.  Pvt.  Arthur  J.  Woods. 

687.  Pvt.  Wm.  H.  Van  Kleeck,  Jr. 

688.  Pvt.   Eugene  Horton. 

689.  Pvt.   Robert  L.  Major. 

690.  Pvt.   Alonzo  Hebbard. 

691.  Pvt.  Henry  B.  Boyd. 

692.  Pvt.   James    Louis    Beyea. 
♦693.  Lt.-Col.  Wm.  L.  M.  Burger. 
*694.  Capt.  Thomas   Elliott. 

♦695.   Capt.    F.    E.   Waldron. 
*6g6.    Capt.   C.   M.   Rockefeller. 
AWARDED   FEB.    14,    1894. 

697.  Pvt.  Joseph  P.   Murray. 

698.  Pvt.   William   E.   Mead. 

699.  Pvt.  Walter  E.  Ward. 

700.  Pvt.  Arthur  DeSaldern. 

701.  Pvt.  Frederick  O'Byrne. 

702.  Lt.   George  J.   Weaver. 

703.  Cpl.    George    D.    Pitman. 

704.  Pvt.     Courtney  S.   Busse. 

705.  Sgt.  J.  Wray  Cleveland. 

706.  Sgt.   Carlton   G.   Howard. 

707.  Cpl.  Wm.   H.  Journeay. 

708.  Sgt.    Wm.    Hall    Allen. 

709.  Pvt.  Charles  W.  Henry. 

710.  Pvt.   David  S.  Tuska. 

711.  Pvt.  Joel   S.    Mason. 

712.  Sgt.   William   D.   Leonard. 

713.  Pvt.    D.    Stuart   Cameron 

714.  Pvt.   Robert  S.  Hayes. 


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715.  Pvt.  Reginald  P.  Sherman. 

716.  Lt.   Robert   M.   Dunn. 

717.  Pvt.  Clarence  I.  Hoeber. 

718.  Sgt.  J.  Weston  Myers. 

719.  Cpl.  Herbert  H.  Knox. 

720.  Pvt.  John  W.  Butler. 

721.  Pvt.  Franz  E.  Triacca. 

722.  Pvt.  Jed    Frye. 

723.  Sgt.   Eugene  R.   Richards. 

724.  Cpl.  Arthur  J.  Saalfield. 

725.  Pvt.  G.  H.  Floto. 

726.  Sgt.  Arthur  F.  Pleiffer. 

727.  Sgt.  Louis  J.  Joscelyn. 

728.  Pvt.  William  J.  Andrus. 

729.  Cpl.    Anthony    J.    Bleecker. 

730.  Pvt.  Edward  W.  Gould,  Jr. 

731.  Cpl.    Wildey    Vores. 

732.  Sgt.    Isaac    Plumb. 

AWARDED  MARCH  22,  1895. 

733.  Lt.   Austin    E.    Pressinger. 

734.  Sgt-Maj.    J.    H.    Townsend. 

735.  Sgt.  Maj.  A.  White. 

736.  Sgt.  William  M.  Halsted. 
Ti7.  Ssrt.  John  A.  B.  Stillings. 
738.    Sgt.   James    H.    Lee. 

739-    Sgt.    Mortimer    Osborne. 

740.  Sgt.  C.  Otto  Toussaint. 

741.  Cpl.  Frederick  W.  Janssen. 

742.  Cpl.   J.    R.    Stewart. 
743-   Cpl.  Alfred  W.  Trotter. 

744.  Cpl.  Archibald  T.   Moore. 

745.  Cpl.  George  L.  Hoffman. 

746.  Cpl.  Frederic  H.  Crary. 

747.  Pvt.    Robert    H.    Pelton. 

748.  Pvt.    James    Baird. 

749.  Pvt.   Daniel   C.   Meyer. 

750.  Pvt.    William    H.    Oliver. 

751.  Pvt.    Louis    B.    Rader. 

752.  Pvt.  Arthur  B.  Risley. 

753.  Pvt.    Lewis    T.    Thornell. 

754.  Pvt.  James  D.  Thornton. 

755.  Pvt.   Chester  A.    Darling. 

756.  Pvt.    Gouverneur   Kemble,   Jr. 

757.  Pvt.   John   H.   Tripler. 

758.  Pvt.  Robert  D.  Andrews. 

759.  Pvt.   Amasa   Richard   Angell. 

760.  Pvt.    Oakley   Freeman. 

761.  Pvt.  Abram  Wakeman  Stout. 

762.  Pvt.  William  A.  McCreery. 

AWARDED  1896. 

763.  Cpl.  Charles  S.  Maxfield. 

764.  1st  Sgt.  Henry  V.  Keep. 

765.  Pvt.  John  T.  Wainwright. 

766.  Pvt.  William  H.  Frame. 

767.  Lt.   Robert   McWilliam. 

768.  Bat.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  H.  A.  Bostw'k 

769.  Pvt.   Frank  B.  McGay. 

770.  Pvt.  Alexander  M.  Simpson. 

771.  2d  Lt.  Frederick  H.  Clark. 
jy2.  Cpl.  William  H.  Whittal. 

773.  Sgt.-Maj.  Emmons  Clark,  Jr. 

774.  Pvt.  Herman   C.   Miller. 

775.  Pvt.  John  W.  Salter,  Jr. 

776.  Bat.  Sgt.-Maj.  L.  E.  Vannier. 

777.  1st  Sgt.  Percy  L.  Klock. 

778.  Pvt.  Edward  B.  Fernald. 

779.  Pvt.    Frederick   Martin,   Jr. 

780.  Pvt.  John  W.  Schelpert. 

781.  Capt.    Harrv   W.   Janssen. 

782.  Pvt.  R.   C.  Corner. 

783.  Sgt.   John    M.   Jones. 

784.  Sgt.  James  Dougherty. 

785.  Pvt.  Frederick  C.  Pollard. 

786.  Pvt.   Edward   P.  Jessup. 

787.  Pvt.   Charles  T.    Leonard. 


788.  Cpl.  Frank  J.  Burke. 

789.  Pvt.  Charles  E.  Gleason. 

790.  Pvt.   Charles   H.   Reisig. 

791.  Lt.  &  Bat.-Ad.  DeW.  C.  Falls. 

792.  Pvt.  C.  A.  J.  Queckberner. 

793.  Pvt.   Emil  T.   Palmenberg 

794.  Cpl.   Amedee  J.   Vaast. 

795.  Pvt.  S.  P.  Lasell. 

796.  Pvt.   D.  Clark  Balch. 

797.  Pvt.  Benjamin  F.  Goodspeed. 

798.  Pvt.  William  A.   Dixon. 

799.  1st  Sgt.  William  J.  Gilpin. 

800.  Cpl.  Matthew  L  Fox 

AWARDED  1897. 

Sgt.  Robert  M.  Lyman. 
Sgt.  John  A.  Davidson. 
Cpl.  Charles  G.  Halliday. 
Pvt.  Oscar  T.  Wenige. 
Pvt.  Willis  M.  Moore. 
Pvt.   Henry   L.   Bloomfield. 
2nd  Lt.  George  S.  Towle. 
1st    Sgt.    Louis    Sands. 
Pvt.  David  A.  Smith. 
Pvt.  Robert  D.  Neeson. 
Pvt.  Charles  F.  Bostwick. 
Pvt.  Charles  McDougall. 
Pvt.   Matthew  K.   Miller. 
Pvt.  Hamilton  W.  Fish. 
Sgt.  George  F.  Pelham. 
Pvt.  Howland  Pell. 
2d  Lt.   Munroe   Crane,  Jr. 
1st  Sgt.  Walter  H.  Brainard. 
Q.  M.  Sgt.  Luis  James  Phelps. 
Q.  M.  Sgt.  Pearson  Halstead. 
Sgt.   Louis   E.   Lahens. 
Cpl.   Frank  W.   Perkins. 
Cpl.  Seymour  S.  Van  Kirk. 
Cpl.  William  E.  F.  Smith. 
Cpl.  Thomas  E.  Tripler. 
Cpl.   Remsen  Darling. 
Pvt.  Wm.  P.  Wainwright. 
Pvt.   Adolph  E.   Ranch 
Pvt.  James  W.  Halsted. 
Pvt.   Frederick  W.   Rundle. 
Pvt.  George  H.  Barlow. 
Pvt.  Harry  CJ.   Mabie. 
Pvt.  John  Corner. 
Sgt.  Arthur  E.  Wood. 


801. 
802. 
803. 
804. 
80s. 
806. 
807. 
808. 
809. 
810. 
811. 
812. 
813. 
814. 
815. 
816. 
817. 
818. 
819. 
820. 
821. 
822. 
823. 
824. 
825. 
826. 
827. 
828. 
829. 
830. 
831. 
832. 
833. 
834. 


835. 
836. 

837. 
838. 

839- 
840. 
841. 
842. 
843- 
844. 
84s. 
846. 
847. 
848. 
849. 
8so. 
8si. 
852. 
853. 
854- 
855. 
8s6. 

857. 
8s8. 


AWARDED  1898. 

Cpl.  Thomas   S.  Veitch. 
Pvt.   C.    O.   Woodhouse,   Jr. 
Capt.  &  Asst.  Surg.  C.  J.  CoUes. 
Lt.  Ambrose  G.  Todd. 
Lt.  William  S.  Scott. 
Sgt.  &  Col.  Br.  H.  Groesbeck. 
Q.  M.  Sgt.  Wesley  F.  Smith. 
Q.  M.  Sgt.  Alanson  B.  Wilson. 
Sgt.  Thomas  C.  Dougherty. 
Sgt.  William   B.  Miles. 
Sgt.  Walter  H.   Brown. 
Sgt.   Raymond  T.   Smith. 
Cpl.   Arthur  Drake. 
Cpl.  Robert   G.   Sherman. 
Pvt.    F.    C.   Wightman. 
Pvt.   .\lbert  T.   Strauch. 
Pvt.  Robert  H.  Lockwood. 
Pvt.   Charles   R.   Shaw. 
Pvt.   Benjamin  A.  Kellogg. 
Pvt.   Joseph   S.   Woodhouse. 
Pvt.  Percival  R.  Irving 
Pvt.   George   Oakley. 
Pvt.    Edward    Scheitlin,   Jr. 
Pvt.  Thomas  B.  Aldrich. 


AWARDED  1899. 

859.  Cpl.   George   R.  Martin. 

860.  Cpl.  Hobart  H.   Smith. 

861.  Cpl.  Louis  F.  Eggers. 

862.  Pvt.  Charles  F.  French. 

863.  2d  Lt.  George  A.  Schastey. 

864.  Lt.  &  Bat.  Q.  M.  J.  T.  Fisher. 

865.  Sgt.   C.   S.   M.   Hook. 

866.  2d  Lt.  Oren  M.  Beach,  Jr. 

867.  Sgt.  A.  M.  Pressinger. 

868.  Sgt.  Julius  C.  Ammann. 

869.  2d   Lt.   Charles  W.   Nichols. 

870.  Sgt.  Lyman  O.  Fiske. 

871.  Pvt.  Guy  Duval. 

872.  Pvt.  Charles  F.  Bradbury. 

873.  Sgt.  William  G.  Coats. 

874.  Pvt.  John  W.   Gary.  Jr. 

875.  Pvt.   Frank  A.    Rooke. 

876.  Pvt.  William  E.  Strauch. 

877.  Pvt.   Charles   E.   Miller. 

878.  1st  Sgt.  John  M.  Moe. 

879.  Cpl.    Charles   J.   Austin. 

880.  Cpl.  Charles  G.  Alleyn. 

881.  Sgt.   B.   Herndon   Nicoll. 

882.  Cpl.  Harry  Canfield. 

883.  Pvt.  Charles  Murray. 

884.  Pvt.  William   Henry   Lyon. 

885.  O.  M.  Sgt.  Thomas  J.  Conroy. 

AWARDED  1900. 

886.  Sgt.  Samuel  J.   Bailey. 

887.  Pvt.   Frank  M.   Knight. 

888.  L.  Cpl.  Herman  N.  Tiemann. 

889.  Sgt.  Ernest  P.  Sands. 

890.  2d  Lt.  H.  von  L.  Meyer. 

891.  Pvt.    Edward    Wanty. 

892.  Bat.  Sgt.  Maj.  Wm.  F.  Wall. 

893.  L.  Cpl.  Guy  R.  Jenkins. 

894.  Pvt.   Marshall  W.  Greene. 

895.  Pvt.    Herbert    L.    Blackman. 

896.  Pvt.  Frank  G.  McDougall. 

897.  Cpl.  Walter  H.  Clark. 

898.  ist  Sgt.   Hugh  Dalzell,  Jr. 

899.  Sgt.    William    D.    Stewart. 

900.  2d  Lt.  Thomas  C.  Wiswall. 

901.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Alex.  Y.  Pringle. 

902.  Pvt.  Charles  W.  Irving. 

903.  Pvt.  John  D.  Thees.  Jr. 

904.  Pvt.  William  Linson. 
90s.  Sgt.   Charles   W.   Kirby. 

906.  Pvt.   James   A.   Swayne. 

907.  Pvt.  William  S.  French. 

908.  Pvt.  Alfred   D.   Emery. 

909.  2d  Lt.   Nicholas  Engel. 

910.  Pvt.  William  B.   Greeley. 

911.  Pvt.   W.   D.   Edwards. 

AWARDED  1901. 

912.  Sgt.  Alfred   L.   Golsh. 

913.  Pvt.  John   P.    Gilford. 

914.  Sgt.  Oliver  H.  Keep.  Jr. 

915.  Pvt.  William  N.  Bavier. 

916.  Pvt.  Charles  G.  Hanft. 

917.  Sgt.  Blair  S.  Williams. 
9t8.  Pvt.  Charles    F.    Berg. 

919.  Pvt.   Courtney  Hyde. 

920.  Cpl.   Wilbur  K.   Hitchcock. 

921.  Pvt.  William  H.  Hanley. 

922.  Cpl.  George  H.  Gilman. 

923.  1st  Sgt.  William  M.  Bernard. 

924.  Sgt.    Irving    P.    Sherman. 

925.  Cnl.  William  J.   Yates. 

926.  Lt.  &  A.  I.  S.  A.  P. 

G.  M.  Carnochan 


Bi^^^mmmmmmmmm^^^^^ 


Ixxv 


927.  Pvt.  J.  Everett  Hasler. 

928.  2d  Lt.  Robert  C.  Fisher. 

929.  ist  Sergt.  Edw.  C.  Robinson. 

930.  Pt.  Adna  H.  Miller. 
t93l.  Lt.  Paul  R.  Towne. 

t932.  2d  Lt.  John  L.  Roberts,  Jr. 
t933-  Lt.  William  E.  Schastey. 
t934.  1st  Sgt.  John  A.  Olsen. 
t93S-  Cpl.  George  H.  Knox. 

936.  2d  Lt.  Maxwell  B.  Nesbitt. 

937.  Pvt.  Albert  W.  Morley,  Jr. 

938.  Cpl.  James  A.  Petrie. 

939.  Pvt.  Theodore  Dwight. 

940.  Com.  Sgt.  John  D.  Crouch. 

941.  Pvt.  John  W.  DeVeau. 

942.  Pvt.  Floyd  E.  Baker. 

943.  Lt.  Howard  E.  Crall. 

944.  Pvt.  Charles  W.  Tripler. 

945.  Pvt.  Robert  N.  Disbrow. 

946.  Pvt.  Patrick  A.  Dollard. 

947.  Cpl.  Harry  P.  'Nichols. 
4^.  Pvt.  Louis  Martin. 

949.  Cpl.  James  H.  Ford. 

950.  Pvt.  Marco  S.  Parker. 
t9Si.  Sgt.  Alexander  Stevens. 
t952.  Cpl.  Grosvenor  L.  Townsend. 
*953-  Pvt.  Charles  C.  Haight. 

954.  Pvt.  Howard  W.  Bible. 
*95S-  Cpl.  William  T.  Hudson. 

956.  Sgt.  George  N.  Crossmond. 

AWARDED  1902. 

957.  1st  Sgt.  Henry  B.  Turner,  Jr. 

958.  Pvt.  Robert  L.  Eldredge. 

959.  Pvt.  Francis  F.  Spies. 

960.  Pvt.  Augustus  Holly  Bissell. 

961.  Sgt.  Alfred  Geery. 

962.  Sgt.  Francis  X.  O'Connor. 

963.  Pvt.  Harry  C.  Meany. 

964.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Rich'd  F.  Kennellie. 
96:;.  Pvt.  How'd  McK.  Kirkland. 

966.  -st  Sgt.  Adam  W.  S.  Cochrane. 

967.  L.  Cpl.  Chas.  M.  Benedict. 

968.  Pvt.  John  H.  Little. 

969.  Pvt.  Octave  B.  Hebert. 

970.  Pvt.  Charles  F.  Porter. 

971.  Cpl.  J.  Westervelt  Qark. 

972.  Pvt.  Edgar  Williams. 

973.  1st  Sgt.  James  Hopkins. 

974.  Pvt.  George  W.  Swain. 

975.  Pvt.  Charles  F.  Hall. 

976.  Pvt.  Wm.  M.  Stilwell,  Jr. 

977.  Pvt.  John  B.  Meeker. 

978.  Cpl.  Harry  L.  Follett. 

979.  Cpl.  Angus  Hopkins. 

980.  Pvt.  Allen  Conover. 

981.  Sgt.  William  H.  Evans. 

982.  R.  Sgt.-Maj.  John  F.  Daniell. 

983.  Cpl.  Henry  S.  Lyons. 

984.  Pvt.  Jefferson  Church. 
1985.  Lt.  A.  Poillon. 

t986.  Lt.  E.  S.  Hartshorn. 

987.  Cpl.  Harrv  B.  Kyle. 

988.  Sgt.  Edmund  P.  Fowler. 

AWARDED  1903. 

989.  Pvt.  Thomas  D.  O'Connor. 
99c.  2d  Lt.  J.  Augustus  Barnard. 

991.  Sgt.  William  S.  Covell. 

992.  Pvt.  Henry  Dunkak. 

993.  Pvt.  Henry  Hesse,  Jr. 

994.  Pvt.  Thomas  McLelland. 

995.  2d  Lt.  Louis  W.  Stotesbury. 

996.  2d  Lt.  John  C.  deMille. 
t997.  Lt.  F.  G,  Turner. 

998.  Pvt.  Leslie  S.  Petrie.  ■ 

999.  Pvt.  John  Townsend. 


1000.  Sgt.  John  G.  Neeser. 

looi.  Pvt.  Robert  J.  Phair. 

1002.  Cpl.  Fred  C.  Robinson. 

1003.  Cpl.  Walter  Reid,  Jr. 

1004.  Pvt.  Ehler  Osterholt. 

1005.  Pvt.  Thomas  E.  D.  Darling. 

1006.  Pvt.  George  N.  Grass. 

1007.  Pvt.  George  A.  Hull. 

1008.  Cpl.  Charles  W.  Dean. 

1009.  Pvt.  Harry  R.  Croft, 
loio.  2d  Lt.  Buchanan  Houston, 
loii.  Pvt.  Frank  H.  Hines. 

1012.  Sgt.  Edwin  M.  Leask. 

1013.  Cpl.  Raymond  A.   Soich. 

1014.  Sgt.  Arthur  E.  Wells. 

1015.  2d  Lt.  Oswald  W.  Uhl. 

1016.  Sgt.  Harry  L.  Dederer. 

1017.  Pvt.  John  D.  Miner,  Jr. 

AWARDED    1904. 

1018.  Pvt.  Arthur  Finley. 

1019.  2d  Lt.  John  Bissell. 

1020.  Cpl.  Rudolph  G.  Neidlinger. 

1021.  2d  Lt.  Burdett  Kipp. 

1022.  Pvt.  Irving  McKesson. 

1023.  Lt.  Thomas  Barron. 

1024.  Cpt.  Benjamin  B.  McAlpin. 

1025.  Cpl.  Louis  C.  Berrian. 

1026.  Pvt.  Albert  T.  Rohe. 

1027.  Sgt.   Samuel  J.   Mack| 

1028.  Bat.  Sgt.-Maj.  Edwin  S.  Coy. 

1029.  Pvt.  W.  Raleigh  Pike. 

1030.  Pvt.  Howard  L  Norris. 

1031.  Sgt.  David  L.  Gray. 

1032.  Cpl.  Luke  H.  Cutter. 

1033.  L.  Cpl.  Joseph  P.  Felt. 

1034.  L.  Cpl.  Harry  C.  Perley. 
ti035.  Pvt.  Walter  F.  Smith. 

1036.  Sgt.  Arthur  H.  Bliss. 

1037.  Cpl.  Pearsall  B.  Jackson. 

1038.  Sgt.  William  F.  Robertson. 

1039.  Pvt.  Edward  F.  Lonsdale. 

1040.  Pvt.  S.  Chudleigh  Hicks. 

1041.  Pvt.  Arthur  Balthasar. 

1042.  Pvt.  Conrad  A.  Dieterich. 

1043.  Cpl.  Charles  L.  Loeser. 

1044.  Pvt.  Charles  L.  Acker. 

1045.  Pvt.  Frederick  W.  Karsch. 

1046.  Capt.  William  E.   McCord. 

1047.  Asst.  Sg.  John  H.  Huddleston. 

1048.  Pvt.  Joseph  H.  Covell. 

AWARDED  1905. 

1049.  Pvt.  John  J.  Bellman. 
11050.  L.  Cpl.  Wm.  Armstrong. 

105 1.  Pvt.  Winsor  H.  Watson. 

1052.  Pvt.  Samuel  V.  Hoffman. 

1053.  1st  Sgt.  Acosta  Nichols. 

1054.  Pvt.  Edward  F.  DuVivier. 

1055.  Cpl.  Edw'd  A.  Howland,  Jr. 

1056.  Com.  Sgt.  W.  L.  Jaques,  Jr. 

1057.  Sgt.  Arthur  S.  Walcott. 

1058.  Cpl.  Joseph  S.  Stout,  Jr. 

1059.  Pvt.  H.  D.  Tiffany  Spencer. 

1060.  Cpl.  Warren  B.  Halt,  Jr. 

1061.  Cpl.  Ernest  A.  Herb. 

1062.  Cpl.  Robert  A.  Stewart. 

1063.  Pvt.  George  W.  Taylor. 

1064.  Pvt.  George  D.  Vail. 

1065.  Pvt.   Oscar  Wuerz. 

1066.  Sgt.  George  E.  Baldwin. 

1067.  Cpl.  William  S.  Collins. 

1068.  Pvt.  John  J.  MacCrum. 

1069.  L.  Cpl.  H.  L.  R.  Pershall. 

1070.  Sgt.  Georce  H.  Fraser. 

1071.  Pvt.  Mitchell  P.  Garretson 


tl072.  Pvt. 

1073.  Cpl. 

1074.  Pvt. 
ti07S.  Pvt. 

1076.  Pvt. 

1077.  Pvt. 

1078.  Cpl. 

1079.  Pvt. 


Charles  E.  Donnalley. 
Francis  A.  Ridabock. 
Nelson  M.  Pattison. 
■Nathaniel  C.  Robbins. 
Edwin  O.  Hopkins. 
Thomas  L.  Jaques. 
James  S.  Gross. 
William  H.  Wright. 


1080. 

1081. 

1082. 

1083. 

1084. 

1085. 

1086. 

1087. 
tio88. 

1089. 
ti09o. 

1091. 

1092. 

1093. 

1094. 

1095- 
1096. 
1097. 
1098. 
1099. 
1 100. 

IIOI. 

1 102. 

1 103. 

1 104. 

1 105. 

1 106. 

1 107. 

1 108. 

1 109. 

1 1 10. 
iiii. 

IH2. 
III3. 


AWARDED  1906. 

Sgt.   Gerald   Stratton. 

Cpl.   Samuel   B.  Rogers. 

Q.  M.  Sgt.  Benjamin  H.  Piatt. 

Sgt.  Alfred  B.  Wade. 

Pvt.  George  DeC.  Curtis. 

Sgt.  Harry  S.  Young. 

2nd  Lt.  William  A.  O'Connor. 

Cpl.  William  N.  Croxton. 

Sgt.  Calhoun  Cragin. 

Pvt.  H.  Wilmerding  Biddle. 

Capt.  John  R.  Foley. 

Pvt.  Bernard  H.  Weisker,  Jr. 

Sgt.  William  R.  Robinson. 

Cpl.  George  R.  Satterlee. 

Pvt.  Frederick  M.  Crossett. 

Pvt.  Ralph  T.  Keyser. 

Pvt.  James  Dixon,  Jr. 

Sgt.  William  B.  Short. 

Cpl.  Walter  M.  Phillips. 

2d  Lt.  John  A.  LeBoutillier. 

L,  Cpl.  Stanley  C.  Van  Note. 

Sgt.  William  C.  Relvea. 

Pvt.  Royal  E.  Moss. 

Pvt.  Jay  Stanle-  Foster. 

1st  Sgt.  Sam'l  M.  Richardson. 

Cpl.  G.  A.  Sacchi. 

Cpl.  Louis  Charles  Raecke. 

Pvt.  Alfred  R.  Thoman. 

Drum  Maj.  Chas.  H.  Brown. 

Cpl.  Frederick  M.  Smedley. 

Cpl.  Edward  H.  Klotz. 

Pvt.    Fernando   Wessell. 

Sgt.  George  B.  BuUwinkle. 

Col.  Sgt.  H.H.Wotherspoon.Jr. 


Official  list  of  the  Active  and  Ex- 
empt Members  of  the  7th  Regt.,  N.G., 
N.'Y'.,  who  have  received  the  Cross  of 
Honor  in  silver  or  a  silver  bar  for 
long  and  faithful  service   (15  years). 


1.  Col.  Emmons  Clark. 

2.  Lt.-Col.  George  Moore  Smith. 

3.  Maj.  Richard  Allison. 

4.  Capt.  Don  Alonzo  Pollard. 

5.  Capt.  William  H.  Kipp. 

6.  Capt.  William  C.  Casey. 

7.  Capt.  James  C.  Abrams. 

8.  Capt.  Henry  S.  Steele. 

9.  Capt.  George  B.  Rhoads. 

10.  Capt.  Aug.  W.  Conover. 

11.  Capt.  S.  A.  Weston. 

12.  Lt.  John  A.  Tackaberry. 

13.  Lt.  George  A.   Jones. 

14.  Lt.  George  W.  Rand. 

15.  Lt.  Charles  H.  Covell. 

16.  Lt.  James  E.  Ware. 

17.  Lt.  Charles  T.  Dillingham. 

18.  Capt.  Waldo  Spraguc. 

19.  Sgt.  Peter  D.  Braisted.  Jr. 

20.  Sot.  William  B.  Coughtry. 

21.  Sgt.  Thomas  Clark.  Jr. 

22.  Sgt.  Daniel  A.  Nesbitt. 

23.  Sgt.  George  W.  Chauncey. 

24.  Sgt.  Hugh  B.  Thompson. 


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25.  Sgt.  John  B.  Holland. 

26.  Sgt.  Thomas  E.  Rice. 

27.  Sgt.  William  A.  French. 

28.  Sgt.  Jacob  M.  Schuyler. 

29.  Sgt.  John  W.  Coady. 

30.  Cpl.  H.  M.  Bradstreet. 

31.  Cpl.  John  B.  Mclntyre. 

32.  Cpl.  Robert  S.  Ferguson. 

33.  Cpl.  George  W.  Lewis. 

34.  Cpl.  H.  L.   Backus. 

35.  Sgt.  George  Gregory. 

36.  Pvt.  W.  S.  Lent. 

37.  Pvt.  Edward  J.  Love. 

38.  Pvt.  William  M.  Morgan. 

39.  Pvt.  Harrison  G.  McFaddin. 

40.  Cpl.  David  M.  Doremuo. 

41.  Sgt.  John  M.  Smith. 

42.  Sgt.  William  B.  Freeman. 

43.  Lt.  A.  V.  B.  Lockrow. 

44.  Sgt.  George  W.  Munson. 
4.S.  Sgt.  Henry  A.  Clements. 

46.  Sgt.  William  E.  Starr. 

47.  Cpl.  Edward  G.  Anderson. 

48.  Pvt.  S.  L.  H.  Ward. 

49.  Sgt.  Walter  S.  Wilson. 

50.  Lt.  Wm.  Gayer  Dominick. 

51.  Cpl.  F.  H.  Pinkney. 

52.  Capt.  James  Wood. 

53.  Pvt.  A.  Garrison. 

54.  Capt.  Jacob  Duryee. 

55.  Lt.  Henry  B.  Dyer. 

56.  Capt.  Wm.  W.  Tracy. 
"57.  Capt.  Frank  M.  Kellev. 
58.  Maj.  Philip  Schuyler. 
"59.  Maj.  Wm.  W.  Buckley. 

60.  Capt.  J.  Tuttle  Smith. 

61.  Sgt.  Robert  Murray. 

62.  Lt.  James  B.  Dewson. 

63.  Sgt.  Charles  E.  Snevily. 

64.  Cpl.  J.  Angus  Shaw. 

65.  Cpl.  Frank  McCoy. 

1886. 

66.  Lt.  Charles  B.  Bostwick. 

67.  Lt.  E.  Graham  Haight. 

68.  Sgt.  Albert  Delafield. 

69.  Col.  William  L.  Bramhall. 

70.  Capt.    Andrew   Mills. 

71.  Lt.  Frank  Pawling. 

72.  Lt.  Walter  G.  Schuyler. 

73.  Sgt.   Horace  C.  DuVal. 

74.  Pvt.  John  A.  Hunt. 

75.  Capt.  Daniel  Appleton. 


•j(>.  Lt.  Bradish  J.  Smith. 

"JT.  Sgt.  Warren  R.  Bostwick. 

78.  Lt.  John  W.  McDougall. 

79.  Lt.-Col.  John  N.  Coyne. 

80.  Sgt.  Lewis  C.  Updyke. 

81.  Lt.  Charles  T.  Sutton. 

82.  Pvt.  John  F.  Jolly. 

83.  Gen.   Charles  E.   Smith. 

84.  Capt.  Wm.  H.  Palmer. 

85.  Lt.  John  F.  Long. 

86.  Capt.  John  Le  Boutillier. 


87.  Sgt.  Edward  McCoy. 

88.  Pvt.  John  G.  Bert. 

89.  Pvt.  W.  C.  B.  Kemp. 

90.  Capt.  John  R.  Paxton. 

91.  Sgt.  Albert  L.  Wickert. 

92.  Sgt.  Geo.  W.  Rosevelt,  Jr. 

93.  Lt.  J.  E.  Schermerhorn. 


94.  Capt.  Williard  C.  Fisk. 

95.  Lt.  John  McGreevey. 

1890. 

96.  Capt.  Charles  E.  Lydecker. 

97.  Lt.  Harry  M.  Nesbitt. 

98.  Sgt.  George  G.   Stow. 

99.  Sgt.  Henry  Everdell. 
100.  Sgt.  Charles  M.  Baker, 
loi.  Sgt.  James  D.  Ford. 
102.  Cpl.  Frank  W.  Colwell. 
10^.  Pvt.  Louis  G.   Frankau. 

104.  Pvt.  Harold  C.  Titus. 

105.  Pvt.  Isaiah  W.  Lore. 

106.  Pvt.  John  A.  Murray. 

107.  Sgt.  Charles  A.  Cappa. 


108.  Capt 

109.  Sgt. 
no.  Sgt. 

111.  Sgt. 

112.  Cpl. 

113.  Cpl. 

114.  Pvt. 
lis.  Pvt. 

116.  Pvt. 

117.  Pvt. 

118.  Pvt. 


1891. 

Louis  E.  Lefferts. 
Samuel   M.   Warnock. 
John  K.  Green. 
Chas.  L.  Waterbury. 
Joseph  Williams. 
Wm.  T.  Peterson. 
John  Corcoran. 
Lewis  H.  Broome. 
James  H.  Davidson. 
Wm.  A.  Bryant. 
Samuel  D.  Folsom. 

1892. 


119.  Lt.-Col.  Henry  Street. 

120.  Lt.  S.  Burdett  Hyatt. 

121.  Capt.  James  Thome  Harper. 

122.  Lt.  George  H.  Gould. 

123.  Sgt.  Edwin  C.  Ray,  Jr. 

124.  Sgt.   N.    Malon   Beckwith. 

125.  Sgt.  George  J.  Sontag. 

1893. 

126.  Lt.  Wm.  J.  Underwood. 

127.  Lt.  Edward  L.  Nicoll. 

128.  Sgt.  Wm.  H.  Heisser. 

129.  Sgt.  Edward  W.  Burnette. 

130.  Cpl.  Charles  S.  Clark. 

131.  Sgt.  Wm.  H.  Folsom. 

132.  Pvt.  George  L.  Androus. 

133.  Pvt.  Joseph  R.  Dederer. 

1894. 

134.  Maj.  Daniel  M.  Stimson. 

135.  Lt.  James  E.  Schuyler. 

136.  Sgt.  George  F.  Bates. 

137.  Sgt.  Wm.  A.  Jennings. 

138.  Pvt.  Adrian  Bastianelli. 

139.  Pvt.  Benjamin  F.  Hillery. 

1895- 

140.  Capt.  Eugene  T.  Kirkland. 

141.  Lt.  Andrew  J.  Eccles. 

142.  Lt.  Addison  McDougall. 

143.  Sgt.  Edward  H.  Gouge. 

144.  Sgt.  Wm.  V.  A.  Mulhallon. 

145.  Cpl.  Albert  Shumway.  Jr. 

146.  Pvt.  Marshall  W.  Scriven. 

147.  Pvt.  Theodore  Burgoyne. 

1896. 

148.  Sgt.  Theodor  Guerra. 

149.  Lt.  Morton  B.  Stelle. 

150.  Cpl.  C.  H.  Cadwell. 


151.  Capt.  &  Asst.  Sur.  W.  A.  Valen- 
tine. 

152.  Sgt.  J.  W.  B.  Rockwell. 

153.  Pvt.  John  Daniell,  Jr. 

154.  Sgt.  Theodore  Babcock,  Jr. 

155.  Sgt.  H.  V.  D.  Black. 

156.  Capt.  Robert  McLean. 

1897. 

157.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Frank  Koch. 

158.  Lt.  Charles  F.  Bement. 

159.  Cpl.  Clemens  F.  Muller. 

160.  Pvt.  Horace  E.  Fox. 

161.  1st  Sgt.  John  R.  Cummings. 

162.  Sgt.  Charles  L.  Comfort. 

163.  Pvt.  Harry  S.  Morris. 

1898. 

164.  Capt.  Francis  G.  Landon. 

165.  Lt.  Robert  Mazet. 

166.  2nd  Lt.  James  Wotherspoon. 

167.  Ord.  Sgt.  Robert  M.  Kalloch. 

168.  Pvt.  Ezra  W.  Bennett. 

169.  Pvt.  John  W.  Scott. 

170.  Pvt.  Ed.  C.  Schoonmaker. 

171.  Pvt.  Robert  S.  Holt,  Jr. 

1899. 

172.  Capt.  &  Adj.  George  J.  Weaver. 

173.  Pvt.  Frederick  O'Byrne. 

174.  Pvt.  Courtney  S.  Busse. 

175.  2nd  Lt.  J.  Wray  Cleveland. 

176.  Cpl.  William  H.  Journeay. 

177.  Pvt.  David  S.  Tuska. 

178.  Pvt.  Eugene  Horton. 

179.  Pvt.  Henry  H.  Arthur. 

180.  2nd  Lt.  Louis  J.  Joscelyn. 

1900. 

181.  Capt.  J.  Weston  Myers. 

182.  Pvt.  Gouverneur  Kemble. 

183.  1st  Sgt.  J.  Rutherford  Stewart. 

184.  Lt.  Austin  E.  Pressinger. 

185.  Sgt.  William  H.  Halsted. 

186.  Lt.  C.  Otto  Toussaint. 

187.  Sgt.  Archibald  T.  Moore. 

188.  Sgt.  Frederick  H.  Crary. 

189.  Capt.  J.  Henry  Townsend. 

190.  Pvt.  Oakley  Freeman. 

191.  Pvt.  Abram  W.  Stout. 

192.  Reg.  Q.  M.  Sgt.-Maj.  A.  White. 

193.  Pvt.  Daniel  C.  Meyer. 

1901. 

194.  2nd  Lt.  Henry  V.  Keep. 

195.  Lt.  &  A.I.S.A.P.  Henry  A.  Bost- 

wick. 

196.  Cpl.  Alex.  M.  Simpson. 

197.  Pvt.  Charles  E.  Gleason. 

198.  Cpl.  John  W.  Salter,  Jr. 

199.  Pvt.  Fred.  C.  Pollard. 

200.  Sgt.  James  Dougherty. 

201.  Capt.    &   Rgt.-Adjt.    DeWitt   C. 

Falls. 

202.  O.  M.  Sgt.  Chas.  H.  Reisig. 

203.  Pvt.  Stanley  P.  Lasell. 

204.  Pvt.  C.  A.  J.  Queckberner. 

205.  Cpl.  William  A.  Dixon. 

206.  Pvt.  Benjamin  F.  Goodspeed. 

1902. 
207.  Lt.  Walter  H.  Brainard.  i 


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bcxvii 


208.  2nd  Lt.  George  S.  Towle. 

209.  Pvt.  Matthew  K.  Miller. 

210.  Pvt.  Hamilton  W.  Fish. 

211.  Pvt.  Adolph  Edw'd  Rauch. 
*2i2.  Brev.     Maj.    &    Capt.    U.S.A. 

Robt.  P.  Barry   (1885). 

1903. 

213.  Pvt.  Louis  B.  Rader. 

214.  Cpl.  Robert  G.  Sherman. 

215.  Maj.  Christopher  J.  Colles. 

216.  Bat.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  L.  E.  Lahens. 

217.  2nd  Lt.  William  B.  Miles. 
-f2i8.  Lt.  Fred.  G.  Turner,  U.S.A. 

219.  Pvt.  Charles  McDougall. 

220.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Wesley  F.  Smith. 

221.  Pvt.  Fred  C.  Wightman. 

222.  Pvt.  Charles  R.  Shaw. 

223.  Sgt.  Arthur  Drake. 

224.  Pvt.  Benjamin  A.  Kellogg. 

225.  Pvt/  Thomas  E.  Tripler,  Jr. 

226.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Jos.  S.  Woodhouse. 
22.T.  Sgt.  George  R.  Martin. 

1904. 

^28.  Sgt.  Louis  F.  Eggers. 

229.  Sgt.  Charles  S.  M.  Hook. 

230.  2nd  Lt.  Arnott  M.  Pressinger. 

231.  Pvt.  Edward  Scheitlin. 

232.  Lt.  Oren  M.  Beach,  Jr. 

233.  Capt.  George  A.  Schastey. 

234.  Bat.  Q.  M.  John  T.  Fisher. 
21S.  2nd  Lt.  Lyman  O.  Fiske. 

236.  Bat.    Q.    M.    Sgt.    Alanson    B. 

Wilson. 

237.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  John  W.  Gary. 
-t238.  Cpt.  John  A.  Davidson. 

239.  Sgt.  Charles  J.  Austin. 

1905. 

240.  Lt.  Hugh  Dalzell. 

241.  Pvt.  Frank  M.  Knight. 

242.  Pvt.   Charles  G.  Halliday. 

243.  Sgt.  Alfred  L.  Golsh. 

244.  Lt.  Thomas  C.  Wiswall. 

245.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Alex.  Y.  Pringle. 

246.  Sgt.  Charles  G.  Alleyn. 

247.  Lt„Bat.  Adj.  Wm.  F.  Wall. 

248.  Pvt.  William  S.  French. 

249.  Pvt.  James  A.  Swayne. 

250.  Lt.  TSIicholas  Engel. 

251.  Pvt.  Charles  Murray. 

252.  Pvt.  Charles  Edward  Miller. 

253.  Pvt.  Edward  Wanty. 

254.  Pvt.  John  D.  Thees,  Jr. 

255.  Pvt.  Charles  T.  Leonard. 
t2s6.  Pvt.  Alexander  Stevens. 


Official  List  of  the  Active  and  Ex- 
empt Members  of  the  7th  Regt.,  N.G., 
N.Y.,  who  have  received  the  Cross  of 
Honor  in  gold  or  a  gold  bar  for  long 
and  faithful  service  (20  years). 

1885. 

1.  Col.  Emmons  Clark. 

2.  Lt.-Col.  George  Moore  Smith. 

3.  Capt.  Henry  S.  Stelle. 

4.  Lt.  James  E.  Ware. 

5.  Lt.  John  A.  Tackaberry. 

6.  Capt.  Don  Alonzo  Pollard. 

7.  Maj.  Philip  Schuyler. 

8.  Sgt.  John  M.  Smith. 


9.  Sgt.  George  W.  Munson. 

10.  Capt.  George  B.  Rhoads. 

1887. 

11.  Lt.  George  A.  Jones. 

12.  Pvt.  E.  C.  Anderson. 

13.  Pvt.  S.  L.  H.  Ward. 

14.  Sgt..  John  W.  Coady. 

15.  Lt.  Daniel  A.  Nesbitt. 

16.  Sgt.  Jacob  M.  Schuyler. 

1888. 

17.  Lt.  Walter  S.  Wilson. 

18.  Sgt.  George  Gregory. 

19.  Sgt.  William   B.  Coughtry 

20.  Lt.  John  B.  Holland. 

21.  Pvt.  Henry  L.  Backus. 


22.  Capt.  George  W.  Rand. 

23.  Sgt.  Wm.  E.  Starr. 

1890. 

24.  Lt.  James  P.  Burrell. 

25.  Capt.  Augustus  W.  Conover. 

26.  Pvt.  Harrison  G.  McFaddin. 

27.  Sgt.  W.  Atwood  French. 


1906. 

257.  Q.  M.  Set.  Charles  F.  Berg. 

258.  Pvt.  C.  Gustave  Hanft. 

259.  Pvt.  William  N.  Bavier. 

260.  Sgt.  Irving  P.  Sherman. 

261.  Cpl.  Marco  S.  Parker. 
i'262.  Lt.  Paul  R.  Towne. 

263.  Cpl.  George  H.  Gilman. 

264.  Pvt,  William  H.  Hanley. 
t26.=;.  Color  Sgt.  John  A.  Olsen. 

266.  1st  Lt.  Howard  E.  Crall. 

267.  2nd  Lt.  Maxwell  B.  Nesbitt. 

268.  Sgt.  James  A.  Petrie. 

269.  Sgt.  Harry  P.  Nichols. 

270.  Pvt.  Albert  W.  Morley. 


28.  Lt.  Tames  B.  Dewson. 

29.  Sgt.  Albert  Delafield. 

30.  Pvt.  Frank  McCoy. 

1892. 

31.  Lt.  John  W.  McDougall. 

32.  Lt.  S.  Burdett  Hyatt. 

33.  Col.  Daniel  Appleton. 

34.  Lt.  Walter  G.  Schuyler. 

35.  Capt.  Wm.  H.  Palmer. 

36.  Lt.  Horace  C.  DuVal. 

1893. 

37.  Pvt.  John  A.  Hunt. 

38.  Lt.  John  F.  Long. 

1894. 

39.  Capt.  Chas.  E.  Lydecker.     . 

40.  Capt.  Willard  C.  Fisk. 

41.  Lt.  John  McGreevey. 

42.  Sgt.  Geo.  W.  Rosevelt,  Jr. 

43.  Pvt.  W.  C.  B.  Kemp. 


1895- 

44.  Lt.  Harry  M.  Nesbitt. 

45.  Sgt.  Charles  M.  Baker. 

46.  Pvt.  Louis  G.  Frankau. 

47.  Sgt.  James  D.  Ford. 

48.  Lt.  Henry  Everdell. 

49.  Sgt.  Thomas  Clark,  Jr. 

1896. 

50.  Pvt.  John  K.  Green. 

51.  Sgt.  Joseph  Williams. 

52.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  George  J.  Sontag. 

53.  Pvt.  Samuel  D.  Folsom. 

1897- 

54.  Capt.  William  J.  Underwood. 

1898. 

55.  Pvt.  George  L.  Andrus. 

56.  Pvt.  Joseph  R.  Dederer. 

57.  Lt.  &  Bat.  Q.  M.  Wm.  H.  Folsotn. 

1899. 

58.  Capt.  James  E.  Schuyler. 

59.  Sgt.  &  Col.  Bearer  E.  L.  NicoU. 

60.  Mai.  &  Surg.  Daniel  M.  Stimson, 

1900. 

61.  Sgt.  Wm.  V.  A.  Mulhallon. 

62.  Pvt.  Albert  Shumwav,  Jr. 

63.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  M.  W.  Scriven 

1901. 

64.  Capt.  Morton  B.  Stelle. 

65.  Cpl.  Charles  H.  Cadwell. 

66.  Sgt.  Theodore  Guerra. 

67.  Lt.  Henry  V.  D.  Black. 
^.  Capt.  Robert   McLean. 

69.  Pvt.  John  Daniell,  Jr. 

1902. 

70.  Hosp.  Std.  Thomas  W.  Linton. 

71.  Cpl.  Robert  S.  Holt,  Jr. 

72.  Pvt.  Horace  E.  Fox. 

1903- 

73.  Capt.  Francis  G.  Landon. 

74.  Ord.  Sgt.  Robert  M.  Kalloch. 

75.  Capt.  James  Wotherspoon. 

76.  Capt.  Robert  Mazet. 

1904. 

77.  Pvt.  Courtnev  S.  Busse. 

78.  Pvt.  Frederick  O'Byme. 

79.  Pvt.  Edward  C.  Schoonmaker. 

80.  Lt.  Louis  J.  Joscelyn. 

81.  Capt.  J.  Weston  Mvers. 

82.  Pvt.  John  W.  Scott. 

1905. 

81.  2nd  Lt.  J.  Rutherfurd   Stewart. 

84.  Lt.  Bat.  Adj.  C.  Otto  Toussaint. 

85.  Cpl.   Gouverneur  Kemble. 

86.  Sgt.  Archibald  T.  Moore. 

87.  1st.  Sgt.  William  M.  Halsted. 

88.  Rgt.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Maj.  A.  White. 


Ixxviii 


89.  Pvt.  Abram  W.  Stout. 

90.  Pvt.  Daniel  C.  Meyer. 

91.  Pvt.  Eugene  Horton. 

1906. 

92.  Lt.  Henry  A.  Bostwick. 

93.  Pvt.  Frederick  C.  Pollard. 

94.  Capt.  DeWitt  C.  Falls. 

95.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Charles  H.  Reisig. 

96.  Pvt.  Charles  E.  Gleason. 
^T.  Cpl.  William  A.  Dixon. 

98.  Pvt.  Charles  A.  J.  Queckbemer. 


Official  List  of  the  Active  and  Ex- 
empt Members  of  the  7th  Regt.,  N.G., 
N.Y.,  who  have  received  the  Cross  of 
Honor  in  gold  with  figure  "7"  in  bril- 
liants (25  years'  service). 

188s. 

1.  Col.  Emmons  Qark. 

2.  Capt.  William  H.  Riblet. 

3.  Sgt.  Peter  D.  Braisted,  Jr. 

4.  Capt.  Don  Alonzo  Pollard. 


1886. 

5.  Capt.  James  C.  Abrams. 

6.  Maj.  Richard  Allison. 

7.  Sgt.  E.  J.  Hyde. 

8.  Capt.  William  C.  Casey. 

9.  Gen.  Louis  Fitzgerald. 

10.  Cpl.  George  W.  Lewis. 

11.  Pvt.  Whitman  S.  Lent. 

12.  Set.  William  B.  Freeman. 

1887. 

13.  Maj.  William  H.  Kipp. 

i/i.  Lt.-Col.  George  Moore  Smith. 

15.  Pvt.  John  D.  Mclntyre. 

16.  Capt.  Henry  S.  Steele. 


17.  Lt.  Charles  H.  Covell. 

18.  Sgt.  Hugh  B.  Thomson. 

1890. 

19.  Sgt.  John  M.  Smith. 

20.  Sgt.-Maj.  Wm.  B.  Coughtry. 

J891. 

21.  Capt.  Waldo  Sprague. 

22.  Capt.  George  B.  Rhoads. 

1892. 

23.  Capt.  Daniel  A.  Nesbitt. 

1893. 

24.  Lt.  Walter  S.  Wilson. 

1894. 

25.  Pvt.  S.  L.  H.  Ward. 

1895. 

26.  Capt.  George  W.  Rand. 

27.  Capt.  Augustus  W.  Conover. 

28.  Pvt.  H.  G.  McFaddin. 

29.  Pvt.  Frank  McCoy. 


1896. 

30.  Capt.  James  B.  Dewson. 

31.  Pvt.  William  E.  Starr. 

32.  Pvt.  William  M.  Morgan. 
J,Z.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Albert  Delafield. 

34.  Capt.  &  Q.  M.  W.  G.  Schuyler. 

35.  Lt.  Horace  C.  Duval. 

1897. 

iT.  Col.  Daniel  Appleton. 
38.  Lt.  John  W.  McDougall. 


39.  Capt.  &  L  R.  P.  Wm.  H.  Palmer. 

40.  Maj.  John  B.  Holland. 


41.  Capt.  Willard  C.  Fisk. 

42.  Sgt.  George  W.  Rosevelt,  Jr. 

43.  Lt.  John  McGreevy. 

1900. 

44.  Capt..  Charles  E.  Lydecker. 

1901. 

45.  Lt.  Henry  Everdell. 

46.  Pvt.  Samuel  D.  Folsom. 

47.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Joseph  Williams. 

48.  Sgt.  John  K.  Green. 

1903. 

49.  Brev.  Maj.  Wm.  J.  Underwood. 

50.  Brev.  Capt.  Wm.  Henry  Folsom. 

51.  Pvt.  George  L.  Androus. 

52.  Pvt.  Joseph  R.  Dederer. 

1904. 

53.  Capt.  James  E.  Schuyler. 

1905. 

54-  Pvt.  George  T.  Sontag. 

55-  Pvt.  William  V.  A.  Mulhallon. 
S6.  * 

=r  Pvt.  Albert  Shumway. 

*S6  awarded  December  1884,  to  Lt. 
C.  Graham  Bacon,  Cos.  "A"  and  "I. ' 

1906. 

58.  Capt.  Morton  B.  Stelle. 

59.  Sgt.  Theodore  Guerra. 

60.  Capt.  Robert  McLean. 

61.  Pvt.  John  Daniell,  Jr. 

62.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Marshall  W.  Scriven. 


Official  List  of  Field  Musicians 
who  have  qualified  for  the  "Field 
Musicians'  Long  Service  Medal." 

Bronze  {Ten  Years). — 1891. 

1.  William  Chant. 

2.  John  Peck. 

3.  George  W.  Smith. 

4.  Jacob  W.  McKeever. 

5.  Albert  K.  Morgan. 

6.  James  Campbell. 

7.  Philip  Hunker. 

8.  Andrew  Campbell. 

9.  Edward  Whitesides. 


1892. 

10.  George  Colyer. 

11.  George  R.  McGowan. 

1894. 

12.  William  B.  Stewart. 


13.  Louis  H.  Campbell. 

1899- 

14.  Charles  A.  Porter. 

15.  Abraham  L.  Colyer. 

1905. 

16.  James  J.  Gillespie. 

17.  Emil  Kretschman. 

Silver    {Fifteen    Years). — 189a. 

1.  William    Chant. 

2.  John  Peck. 

3.  George  W.  Smith. 

4.  Jacob  W.  McKeever. 

5.  Albert  K.  Morgan. 

6.  James  Campbell. 

7.  Philip  Hunker. 

8.  Andrew  Campbell. 

9.  Edward  Whitesides. 

1896. 

10.  George  Colyer. 

1897- 

11.  George  R.  McGowan. 

1904. 

12.  Abraham  L.   Colyer. 

Gold   (Twenty   Years). — 1892. 

1.  John  Peck. 

2.  George  W.  Smith. 

3-  Jacob  W.  McKeever. 

4.  Albert   K.   Morgan. 

5.  James  Campbell. 

6.  Philip  Hunker. 

7.  Edward  Whitesides. 

1893- 

8.  William  Chant. 

1896. 

9.  Andrew  Campbell. 

1901. 
10.  George  Colyer. 

Gold  set  with  Diamonds   (Twenty- 
Ave  Years). — 189s. 

1.  John  Peck. 

2.  George  W.  Smith. 

3.  Jacob  W.  McKeever. 

4.  Albert  K.  Morgan. 

5.  James  Campbell. 

6.  Philip  Hunker. 

7.  Edward  Whitesides. 

8.  George  Colyer. 


Program  for  the  Centennial  Celebration 


The  Veterans  and  the  Regiment  will  assemble 
at  3  :oo  at  their  respective  quarters,  and  the  par- 
ade will  start  at  34th  St.  and  Madison  Avenue  at 
4:30  o'clock,  and  pass  in  review  at  the  Union 
League  Club,  39th  Street  and  5th  Avenue,  where 
Secretary  of  War,  William  H.  Taft,,  Major  Chas. 
E.  Lydecker,  and  guests,  will  be  located  on  a 
stand  erected  for  the  occasion. 

The  parade  will  then  continue  up  Fifth  Ave- 
nue to  66th  Street,  and  then  to  the  Armory, 
where  it  will  be  dismissed,  the  Veterans  march- 
ing to  the  quarters  assigned  then  in  the  Armory, 
and  the  companies  to  their  respective  rooms. 

Col.  Appleton  is  marshal  of  the  day,  and 
Gen.  Shaler  will  be  in  command  of  the  War  Vet- 
erans. Gen.  Smith  will  have  charge  of  the  uni- 
formed contingent — composed  of  men  from  other 
military  organizations  now  in  active  service.  In 
this  section  will  be  28  officers  mounted.  The 
main  body  of  the  civilians  will  be  in  charge  of 
Col.  Dimond,  and  will  carry  canes.  Col.  Kipp 
will  command  the  Regiment,  the  first  four  com- 
panies— the  centenarians — will  be  in  the  lead 
under  Maj.  Fisk,  and  the  remaining  six  com- 
panies will  make  a  battalion,  with  Capt.  McLean 
in  charge. 

Mess  call  will  be  sounded  at  6:20,  and  the 
Regiment,  with  its  guests  and  veterans,  will  des- 
cend to  the  main  drill  floor,  marching  in  inverse 
order  of  seniority  with  bands  playing  and  colors 
flying.  The  groups  will  then  be  seated,  and  the 
attack  ordered  upon  the  banquet,  after  which  the 
speakers  will  hold  forth.  The  hour  for  breaking 
up  has  not  as  yet  been  decided  upon. 


The  following  official  order  has  been  issued : 

HEADQUARTERS    SEVENTH    REGIMENT, 
National  Guard,  N.  Y. 

Kew  York,  April  30,  1906. 
General  Orders 
No.  5. 

I. — The  response  to  the  invitation  contained  in  R.  G. 
O.  No.  3,  C.S.,  to  its  ex-members  to  unite  with  the  Regi- 
ment in  a  fitting  celebration  of  the  Centenary  of  the 
formation  of  its  four  original  companies  has  been  so 
prompt,  so  hearty  and  so  unanimous  (over  2,000  Sev- 
enth Regiment  men  at  once  enrolling  themselves)  that 
the  General  Committee,  of  which  Major  C.  E.  Lydecker 
is  Chairman,  has  practically  completed  the  arrangements, 
and  the  Commanding  Officer  is  gratified  to  be  able  to 
announce  to  all  concerned  that  the  details  have  been 
fully  approved. 

There  will  be  a  parade  on  the  afternoon  of  May  5 
and  a  banquet  in  the  Armory  in  the  evening.  Special 
circulars  for  the  government  of  the  latter  function,  duly 
approved,  will  be  issued  by  the  proper  committees. 

In  accordance  with  the  U.  S.  Drill  Regulations,  Par. 
480,  the  Colonel  assumes  command  of  the  parade  as 
Grand  Marshal,  and  announces  the  following  named 
officers  as  his  personal  staff,  and  they  will  be  respected 
and  obeyed  accordingly : 

First  Lt.  John  F.  O'Ryan,  Second  Battery,  N.  G.,  N. 
Y.,  formerly  Company  G,  Chief  of  Staff. 

Capt.  William  A.  Bryant,  Commanding  Essex  Troop, 
N.  G.,  N.  J.,  formerly  Company  H. 


Capt.  John  R.  Foley,  Adjutant  Sixth-ninth  Regi- 
ment, N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  formerly  Company  B. 

First  Lt.  William  F.  Wall,  Battalion  Adjutant  Sev- 
enth Regiment,  formerly  Company  I. 

Second  Lt.  Arthur  F.  Townsend,  Squadron  A,  N.  G., 
N.  Y.,  formerly  Company  F. 

Quartermaster  Sergt.  J.  M.  Charles,  Squadron  A, 
formerly  Company  I,  has  volunteered  to  act  as  Orderly 
to  the  Grand  Marshal. 

The  following  instructions  are  pubhshed  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  column  will  be  divided  into  four  divisions  and, 
with  the  exception  of  some  musicians,  will  be  composed 
exclusively  of  Seventh  Regiment  men. 

First  Division:  Brevet  Maj.-Gen.  George  Moore 
Smith,  'N.  G.,  N.  Y.,  Marshal. 

Ex-members  of  the  Regiment  who  are  in  the  reg- 
ular service  or  in  the  National  Guard  or  Naval  Militia 
of  this  or  any  other  State  and  entitled  to  wear  their 
uniforms. 

Sixty  officers  have  announced  their  intention  of  re- 
porting to  General  Smith. 

Second  Division:  Maj.  Gen.  Alexander  Shaler, 
United  States  Volunteers,  Marshal. 

War  Veterans  of  the   Seventh  Regiment. 

First  Detachment :  Ex-members  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  who  served  in  the  regular  or  volunteer  army 
or  navy  during  the  Civil  War.  Maj.-Gen.  E.  L. 
Molineux,    United    States    Volunteers,    commanding. 

Second  Detachment :  Officers  who  served  in  the 
regular  or  volunteer  army  or  navy  during  the  Spanish 
War,  Maj.  Henry  W.  Hovey,  United  States  Army, 
commanding. 

Third  Detachment:  Officers  and  men  who  were 
mustered  into  the  United  States  Service  with  the 
Regiment  on  the  calls  of  the  Government  in  1861,  1862 
and  1863;  Gen.  Richard  N.  Bowerman,  United  States 
Volunteers,  of  Maryland,  commanding. 

Over  100  officers  have  anounced  their  intention  to 
parade  in  this  Division. 

Third  Division :  Col.  Thomas  Dimond,  President 
of  the  Seventh  Regiment  Veterans'  Association,  Marshal. 
.\11  ex-members  not  parading  in  the  two  previous 
Divisions.  The  names  of  1,200  men  have  been  enrolled 
in  this  Division. 

Fourth  Division:  Seventh  Regiment,  Lt.  Col.  Will- 
iam H.  Kipp  commanding. 

The   Regiment  will   parade   as   follows : 

Companies  K,  G,  E,  I,  H  and  F,  under  the  command 
of  Capt.  Robert  McLean,  will  escort  Companies  A,  B, 
C  and  D,  the  four  companies  organized  in  1806,  who 
will  parade  as  a  battalion  under  the  command  of  Maj. 
Willard  C.  Fisk.  Approximately  1,000  "officers  and  men 
will  march  with  the  Regiment,  making  a  grand  total, 
exclusive  of  200  bandsmen,  of  2,400  officers  and  men. 

Maj.  Charles  E.  Lydecker  has  been  detailed  as 
escoit  and  aide  to  the  reviewing  officer. 

The  Regiment  will  receive  the  first  three  Divisions 
near  the  71st  Regiment  Armory,  and  they  will  be  in 
position  and  ready  to  move  at  4.30  o'clock  P.  M.  The 
line  of  march  will  be  through  Madison  Ave.,  and  32d 
St.,  to  Fifth  Ave.,  to  67th  St. 

The  guide  will  be  right  and  the  regulation  distance 
between  subdivisions  will  be  at  all  times  preserved 
throughout  the  column. 

The  Honorable  William  H.  Taft,  Secretary  of  War, 
will  review  the  column  at  the  Union  League  Club, 
Fifth  Ave.,  and  39th  St.,  where  arrangements  have  been 
made  for  all  invited  guests  to  be  present  for  the  review. 
The  exceptional  courtesy  of  the  officers  and  members 
of  the  Union  League  Club  in  offering  the  privileges 
of  their  home  on  this  occasion  is  most  gratefully  and 


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cordially  acknowledged  by  the  officers  and  members  of 
the  Regiment. 

The  head  of  the  column  will  halt  at  67th  St.,  and 
Fifth  Ave.  The  mounted  officers  of  the  First  Division 
will  take  position  north  of  67th  St.,  facing  south.  The 
foot  officers  ana  the  Second  and  Third  Divisions  will 
form  line  on  the  east  sidewalk  of  Fifth  Ave.,  and  the 
Seventh  Regiment  will  march  past  its  distinguished 
Veterans  paving  the  honors  of  a  marching  salute. 

The  parade  will  then  be  dismissed. 

A  detail  of  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates 
will  close  up  the  rear  of  the  Veterans'  column.  The 
Regiment  and  its  Veterans  will  proceed  directly  to  the 
Armory  to  receive  and  welcome  their  guests  and  to 
join  together  loyally  and  heartily  in  an  effort  to  pay 
honor  >  the  military  history  of  the  last  hundred  years 
of  our  organization  and  to  the  men  who  gave  their 
best  to  the  service  of  their  country  and  to  their  Regi- 
ment, and  to  pledge  a  like  service  for  the  next  one 
hundred  years. 

The  Colonel  again  voices  the  sentiment  of  the  Regi- 
ment in  expressing  its  highest  appreciation  of  the  unani- 
mous and  superb  response  to  the  call  to  the  colors 
by  the  great  and  united  family  of  Seventh  Regiment 
men. 

II. — The  Regiment  will  parade  on  Saturday,  May  5, 
in  full  uniform  (white  trousers)  to  take  part  in  the 
ceremonies  incident  to  the  celebration  of  the  formation 
of  the  original  companies  of  the  Seventh  Regiment. 
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CALIBER   45 


Colt's  Patent  Fire  Arms 
Mfg.  Co. 

Hartford,  Conn.,  U.  S.  A. 


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Kountze  Brothers, 

BANKERS, 


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Broadway  and  Cedar  Street, 


NEW  YORK. 


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INVESTMENT    SECURITIES. 

Allow  interest  on  deposits;  make 
loans  against  approved  collateral. 
Buy  and    sell  Foreign  Exchange. 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT. 


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HORACE  C.  DuYAL  WILLIAM  A.  GREER 

WARREN  S.  CRANE 


DuVal,  Greer  &  Co. 


BANKERS  and  BROKERS 


Members  New  York  Stock 


Exchange 


74  BROADWAY,    N.  Y., 


Telephone,  §435  Rector  '^ 


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E.  C.  JAMESON,  President 


Globe  &  Rutgers 

Fire  Insurance  Co* 


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'   76  William  St. 


New  York 


9000000CXXX 


Cash  Capital,  $400,000    : 

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KIOOOOOOOOO 


Cossets  (April  1st,  1906, 
$4,029,247.73. 

Surplus  to  Policy-holders, 
$1,718,620.85. 

LYHAN  CANDEE,  StcreUry 


The  Lincoln  National  Bank 

OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

Forty-Second  St.,  opp.  Grand  Central  Station  Designated  Depository  o(  the  United  States,  State  of  New  York,  and  City  of  New  York 

MAY   1st.  r906 

CAPITAL,  ....  $300,000.00 

SURPLUS  AND  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS         $1,565,879.15 
DEPOSITS  ....  $20,000,000.00 

Gen.  THOMAS  L.  JAMES,  President 

Major  CHARLES  ELLIOT  WARREN,  Cashier 

Accounts  of  Banks,  bankers.  Merchants  and  Individuals  invited.  Foreign  and  Domestic  Exchange  bought  and 
sold.  Telegraphic  transfers  of  money  on  all  points.  Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 
Correspondence  solicited.    Burglar  proof  vaults.    Fire  proof  storage.     Safes  $5.00  per  year  and  upwards. 


MACKAY  &  CO. 

BANKERS 

Members  New  York  and  Boston  Stock  Exchanges 
16  NASSAU  STREET,  NEW  YORK 


13  Congress  Street 
BOSTON 


The  Rookery  Building 
CHICAGO 


421   Chestnut  Street 
PHILADELPHIA 


FIFTH  NATIONAL  BANK 


Twenty-third  Street  and  Third  Avenue 

Capital $250,000.00 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits 445,000.00 

Deposits    3,500,000.00 

A  general  banking  business  transacted 

Stephen  Kelly,  President  A.  Thompson,  Cashier 

Richard  B.  Kelly,  Vice-President  W.  S.  Beckley,  Asst.  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 

Stephen  Kelly  Richard  B.  Kelly 

Daniel  D.  Wylie  William  N.  Robertson 

Frederick  Zittel  Horace  F.  Hutchinson 

James  Everard  •  William  H.  Seaich 

John  Byrns  A.  Thompson 


ALWAYS     ASK     FOR 

Whittemore's  Polishes  ::::.:t... 

The  Oldest  a.nd  La-rgest  Manufacturers  of  Shoe  Polishes  in  the  World 


THE    WORLD'S 
STANDARD 


Quick 
white: 

MAKES  DIRTY 
CANVAS  SHOES 

ClEANsWHITf 


aUICKLr.-HSILY 
APPLIED. 

'>LSO  CLEANS 

-WIf  CANVAS 


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eiACKISTCOlOR 

FINEST*'-' dU''*^'-^ 


GILT  EDGE,  for  Ladies'  and  Children's 
Black  Boots  and  Shoes.  Shines  without 
nibbing. 

DANDY,  for  cleansing  and  polishing  all 
kinds  of  Eusset  and  Brown  Boots, 
Shoes,  Saddles,  Bridles,  etc. 


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vici  m  . 

("^   PATENT   ■ 

-/  AND  ! 

-  )  ENAMEL 

;  /-y^  \leathers 


SUPERB  (a  paste)  for  polishing  Patent  and 
Shiny  Leather  Boots  and  all  Shiny 
Leather  Articles. 

ELITE,  for  Ladies'  and  Gents'  Box  Calf,;Vici 
Kid  and  all  Fine  Black  Boots  and  Shoes 

"QUICK  WHITE"  makes  dirty  canvas 
shoes  clean  and  white.  In  liquid  form  so 
can  be  quickly  and  easily  applied.  No 
white  dust.    No  rubbing  off. 


Whittemore  Bros.  &  Co.,  Boston,  U.  S.  A. 

Whittemoro's  Polishes  Wo(\  the  "GRAND  PRIZE"  at  St.  Louis  over  all  competitors 


Crouch  6v 

^g'erald 


Handsomest,    Lightest, 
Best  Luggage 


177  BROADWAY,    688  BROADWAY 
723  SIXTH  AVENUE 


WARDROBE    TRUNKS 


BRAND,THISSAUCEISA- 

His  Majesty  King  George  IV  approving  the  sauce 

MADE  BY  THE  ORIGINAL  BRAND  WHO  WAS  FOR  MANY 
YEARS  CHEF  TO  THAT  ROYAL  EPICURE. 

DEuaous  WITH  nsH.  soups,  game,  etc.,  and 

BmICOLARLY  appreciated  t)N  welsh  RAREBITS, 
BROIIID  LOBSTER  AND  fNGUSH  MUTTON  CHOPS. 

AROYALREUSH 


HOTEL  MARIE 
ANTOINETTE 

BROADWAY  AND  SIXTY-SIXTH 
TO  SIXTY  -  SEVENTH  STREETS, 
NEW       YORK       CITY 

ABSOLUTELY    FIREPROOF 

Particularly  desirable  for  Families  or  Tran- 
sients. Every  Luxury  and  Convenience. 
Within  one  block  of  Central  Park.  Five 
Minutes'  Ride  to  Grand  Central  Station, 
Shopping    Sections  and    Principal   Theatres. 

SUBWAY  ENTRANCE  AT  CORNER  OF  BUILDING 
Under  the  same  management  as  the  Hotel  Iroquois,  Buffalo,  N.Y. ,  and  the  Grand  Union  Hotel,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.Y. 


GRAND   UNION   HOTEL  Saratoga  springs,  n.y. 

The  Largest  and  Most  Complete  Hotel  Resort  in  the  World.  WOOLLEY  &  GERRANS.Proprs. 


Park  Avenue   Hotel 

Park  (Fourth)  Avenue,  32d  and  33d  Streets,    NEW  YORK 


The  Park  Avenue  is  a  thoroughly  modern  fireproof  hotel,  liberally  conducted, 
replete  with  all  the  latest  Improvements  and  hotel  appliances.  Every  room  has 
direct  outside  light,  free  air  and  sunshine.  Rooms  can  be  engaged  singly,  with 
bath,  or  en  suite. 

Running  water  and  steam  heated  throughout.     Telephone  service  in  every  room. 

The  Park  Avenue  can  be  reached  for  one  fare  by  electric  cars  from  all  rail- 
road stations,  ferries  and  steamship  piers.  Within  easy  access  of  the  great  shop- 
ping district,  theatres  and  all  places  of  amusement  and  interest. 


SUBWAY  STATION  IN  FRONT  OF  HOTEL 


FIRST-CLASS  ACCOnnODATlONS  AT  MODERATE  PRICES 
>«  ^  ^    CUISINE  AND  SERVICE  UNSURPASSED    ^«  ^<  ^« 

REED    &    BARNETT,    Proprietors 


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KEEP^S    SHIRTS 

We  claim  to  have  the   largest  and  most  com- 
plete stock  of  Neglige  Shirts  in  the  City. 

READY   TO   WEAR 

$1.50     $2.00     $1.50 
Extra  long  sleeves  a  specialty        f^^;' 

KEEP    MFG.    CO. 

Makers  of  Keep's  Shirts^ 
809-811  Broadway,  bet.  iith  &  12th  Sts.,  N.  Y. 

Our  only  store  in  New  Tork 


THE 

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(EASTER.N  POINT) 


New  London,  Conn. 


B.  H.  YARD, 


MaLnetger 


•♦•  Open  from  June  to  October.    Entirely  a  '> 

.♦.  new  hotel.   Everything  new — furnishings,  .j, 

<•  bedding,  linen,  silver,  etc.     Solid  mahog-  *♦* 

.J.  ciny  furniture  throughout.     One  hundred  .♦. 

•:♦  bath-room  suites.    THE  FINEST  SUM-  ♦> 

t  MER    RESORT    HOTEL    IN    AMER-  *^ 

♦  ICA.  ♦ 
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.♦.  B.  H.  YARD,  Mgr.,  71  Broadway,  New  .♦. 

T            York,  until  June  ist ;  after  that  *:* 

♦  date  address  as  above,  <■' 

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Our  Latest  XORIC  Rimless  eyeglass 


mounted  with  the  Dac-t-ra  new  patented 
eyeglass  clip,  is  a  beautifully  constructed 
sample  of  our  workmanship,  elegant,  light, 
comfortable,  and  much  less  conspicuous 
than  the  ordinary  flat  lenses. 

The  grinding  of  these  lenses  entail  the 
finest  minute  detail  to  duplicate  the  original 
curvature  of  the  eye  itself,  so  as  to  make  it 
almost  a  shell  covering  for  the  eye. 

Oculist  prescription  work  being  our 
specialty,  also  the  perfect  fitting  of  each  in- 
dividual feature  with  the  most  becoming 
and  correct  mountings,  induces  us  to  ask  for 
a  trial  in  this  line  of  work. 

Personal    atientlon    given    at   all    (3)    stores. 

Repairing  In   all   Its   branches 

Recommended    by    the   leading   Oculists   and 
Physicians. 

DACHTERA    BROTHERS, 
Opticians, 
312   Madison  Ave.,  2890  Third  Ave., 

48    West    125th    St. 


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Agents,  Quebec  S.  S.  Co.,  Ivtd.  ; 

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THOMAS    COOK    &    SON     and    OTHER    AGENCIES 

245     BROADWAY,    N.   Y.,     or 
ARTHUR   AHERN,   Secretary  QUEBEC,   CANADA 


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29  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Hartford,  Conn.  London 


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This  case  contains  four  gallons   of  Ideal   Table  Water 

COSTS  YOU  50  CENTS 
Telephone  nearest  office 

Great  Bear  Spring  Company 


GEORGE  MOORE  SMITH 
President 


FR.ANCIS  N.  HOWLAND 
Vice-president  and  Treasurer 


ELLIOTT  SMITH 
Secretary 


ESTABLISHED     1849 


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Vol.  XX.  No,  9 


NEW  YORK,  JUNE,  1906 


F.  U.  CRO88BTT,  1S6  Fifth  Are. 
MANAOINa   EOITOB 


THE  CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION 


The  Regiment  Celebrates  in  Befitting   Style  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  of 

Companies  A,  B,  C  and  D 


HE  celebration  by  the 
7th  Regt.,  its  veter- 
ans, its  invited  guests 
and  a  friendly  public, 
of  the  Regiment's 
one -hundredth  anni- 
versary of  its  origin 
on  Saturday,  May  5, 
1906,  was  all  it  was 
planned  to  be  and 
more;  it  was  one  of 
those  happy  events 
when  the  most  roseate 
anticipations  were  re- 
alized fully  and  all  of  the  devotees  to  the  Sev- 
enth's honor  and  glory  are  in  a  state  of  remin- 
iscent satisfaction.  The  proud  possession  of  a 
centennial  birthday  is  not  common  in  this 
comparatively  young  nation,  and  if  any  mili- 
tary organization  has  marked  this  important 
mile  stone  in  its  history  it  has  not  done  it  in 
such  a  way  as  this  Regiment  did.  Perhaps 
such  a  celebration  will  not  be  known  again 
until  2006,  when  the  heroic  and  faithful  citi- 
zen-soldier of  the  future  will  honor  the  men 
of  to-day  with  the  rest  of  those  who  but  lately 
marched  with  us  as  our  veterans  and  those 
who  have  gone  in  obedience  to  the  roll  call 
of  Eternity. 

The  celebration  of  the  daytime  was  a  parade ; 
of  the  evening  a  banquet,  with  its  sequence  of 
oratory  expressing  high  and  happy  thoughts 
and  throughout  the  duration  of  the  exercises  a 
warm  undercurrent  of  fraternal  love.  The 
Regiment  is  the  personification  of  active  life 
and  its  members  of  to-day  might  be  expected 
to  absorb  the  interest  of  all  the  thousands  who 
saw  and  heard  their  excellent  joy ;  but  this  was 
not  so ;  the  magnet  of  the  occasion  was  the  sad 
yet  happy  band  of  veterans  with  tattered  flags 


of  battle  and  all  the  associations  the  sight  that 
these  men  of  an  older  day  recalled,  including 
the  thought  that  they  made  the  Seventh  what 
it  is  and  gave  it  to  us  who  now  hold  its  sacred 
honor  in  our  keeping. 

Perfection  is  not  for  humanity  and  its  brief 
dream  called  life  and  a  faithful  record  will  not 
omit  that  two  adverse  circumstances  militated 
against  too  much  mirth.  One  was  the  copious 
tears  of  Jupiter  Pluvius,  who  saw  fit  to  weep 
at  the  moment  the  Grand  Marshal  was  ready 
to  order  forward  the  parade ;  the  other  was  a 
strike  of  the  waiters  at  the  banquet,  poor  ig- 
norant men,  who  knew  neither  reason  nor  jus- 
tice. But  what  are  such  trivial  misfortunes  to 
soldiers?  A  cloud  burst  could  not  saturate  the 
Seventh's  enthusiasm  on  that  memorable  Sat- 
urday, and  as  for  the  miserable  menials — bah ! 

The  day's  events  in  New  York  on  Saturday, 
May  5,  was  headed  by  the  street  parade  of  the 
Regiment  and  its  veterans,  the  event  itself  be- 
ing unrivalled  by  any  similar  thing  in  the  his- 
tory of  New  York  City  or  the  Nation. 

The  great  parade  of  its  members,  ex-mem- 
bers, and  veterans  occupied  the  best  part  of 
Fifth  Ave.  for  more  than  two  hours,  monopo- 
lized all  attention  with  color  and  music,  and 
all  because  it  was  the  Regiment's  one  hun- 
dredth's birthday. 

For  many  months  preparations  had  been 
going  on.  From  nearly  every  regiment  in  the 
country  and  from  many  ships  of  the  navy  came 
men  who  had  been  at  one  time  connected  with 
the  Seventh,  to  march  in  the  ranks  with  those 
who  remain  to  uphold  the  honor  of  its  colors. 

Precisely  at  5  P.  M.  2,400  men — dressed  in 
every  garb,  from  the  gray  and  white  of  the 
Seventh,  to  the  tall  hats  and  frock  coats  of  the 
veterans — marched  past  the  reviewing  stand 
at  the  Union  League  Club,  39th  St.  and  Fifth 


146 


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Ave.,  where  Secretary  of  War  Taft  returned 
their  salutes. 

Among  them  were  the  fast  disappearing 
grizzled  veterans  of  the  Civil  War,  but  the  ma- 
jority were  men  who  wore  the  gray  in  later 
3'ears.  Even  the  oldest  of  the  veterans  seemed 
imbued  with  new  life  as  they  marched  proudly 
by  with  springy  step,  and  splendid  alignment, 
and  it  is  a  question  which  made  the  finest  ap- 
pearance, the  veterans  or  the  actives.  The  old 
boys  were  certainly  not  too  old  to  learn,  for 
every  one  of  them  at  the  command,  "Eyes 
right,"  in  passing  the  reviewing  point,  obeyed 
the  order,  which  was  dififerent  from  that  of  old 
times,  when  it  was  "Head  and  eyes  straight 
to  the  front."  Several  veterans  were  over 
eighty  years  old. 

It  was  evident  that  not  a  man  parading  in 
■citizen  attire  had  forgotten  his  former  thor- 
ough training  in  the  Seventh,  and  a  more  im- 
pressive sight  could  not  well  be  imagined  than 
that  presented  as  these  prosperous  looking 
citizens  (many  of  them  men  of  prominence) 
marched  along  with  perfect  military  bearing 
and  discipline. 

It  was  a  big  7th  Regt.  family  gathered  to- 
gether by  that  love  of  organization  which  has 
so  helped  its  fame.  Many  fathers  and  sons 
have  served  in  the  Regiment  at  the  same  time, 
and  sons  have  followed  fathers  and  grand- 
fathers, while  uncles  and  brothers  have  been 
numerous. 

Fifth  Ave.,  along  the  route  of  the  parade, 
was  conspicuous  with  the  Stars  and  Stripes 
floating  from  numerous  buildings  in  honor 
of  the  paraders,  while  the  sidewalks  were 
thronged  with  friends,  who,  in  spite  of  a  deluge 
of  rain  which  visited  the  city  at  the  hour  of  as- 
sembly, could  not  be  driven  home.  The  Regi- 
ment and  its  ex-members  received  an  ovation 
all  along  the  route,  and  fortunately  when  the 
column  started  from  34th  St.  and  Park  Ave. 
close  to  5  P.  M.,  the  thunder  storm  was  over, 
but  most  of  the  ofificers  and  men  of  the  active 
Regiment  were  drenched.  The  ex-members 
were  fortunately  under  cover  in  the  new 
armory  of  the  71st  at  the  time  of  the  thunder 
storm. 

The  reviewing  point  was  at  the  Union 
League  Club,  where  a  special  stand  had  been 
erected.  The  reviewing  officer  was  Secretary 
of  War  Taft,  and  among  those  about  him 
were :  Gens.  James  E.  Wade,  Frederick  D. 
Grant,  Albert  L.  Mills,  James  F.  Bell  and  Lt. 
Col.  R.  L.  Howze,  U.  S.  A.:  Col.  Robert 
Shaw  Oliver,  Assistant  Secretary  of  War; 
Gens.  C.  F.  Roe  and  N.  H.  Henry,  N.  G.  N.  Y. ; 
Gov.  Roberts  and  Adjt.  Gen.  George  M.  Cole, 
of  Connecticut :  Gov.  Cox,  of  Tennessee ;  Lt. 
Gov.  Bruce,  of  New  York :  Gen.  C.  L.  Riggs,  of 
Connecticut;  Maj.  Charles  E.   Lydecker,  act- 


ing as  special  aide  to  Mr.  Taft,  and  Capt.  W. 
G.  Schuyler,  who  was  assisting  at  the  stand. 

The  formation  of  the  parade  had  been  a  sub- 
ject of  careful  preparation  by  the  Grand  Marshal 
to  give  distinguished  honor  to  the  War  Veterans 
of  the  Regiment  in  their  several  groupings  and 
particularly  also  the  four  Centennial  Companies 
and,  as  will  appear  from  the  following  order,  the 
\'eterans  led  the  column  and  the  Centennial  Com- 
panies organized  as  a  Battalion  in  their  full 
strength,  preceded  by  a  band,  were  under  the 
escort  of  the  main  body  of  the  Regiment. 

Col.  Appleton,  acting  as  grand  marshal,  rode 
proudly  by  on  a  handsome  bay.  His  stafT  with 
one  exception  was  composed  of  ex-members 
of  the  Regiment  (now  serving  with  other  or- 
ganizations), as  follows:  Capts.  W.  A.  Bry- 
ant, 1st  Troop,  N.  ].;  and  John  R.  Foley,  69th 
N.  Y.;  Lt.  J.  F.  O'Ryan,  2d  Battery,  N.  Y.; 
Lt.  A.  F.  Townsend,  Squadron  A ;  Lt.  W.  F. 
Wall,  of  the  Regiment,  and  Q.  M.  Sgt.  J.  M. 
Charles,  Squadron  A.  The  grand  marshal  was 
received  with  rounds  of  applause,  as  in  fact 
were  all  the  paraders. 

Next  followed  the  first  division  of  the 
parade,  composed  of  ex-members  of  the  Regi- 
ment now  in  active  service,  in  uniform,  under 
command  of  Gen.  George  Moore  Smith,  ist 
Brigade,  N.  Y.  Among  the  ofificers  parading 
in  this  division  were:  Lt.  Col.  T.  J.  O'Dono- 
hue,  Maj.  J.  H.  Abeel,  Capt.  J.  H.  Townsend, 
Maj.  J.  R.  Hegeman,  Majs.  H.  B.  Fisher  and 
F.  C.  Thomas,  and  Capts.  A.  W.  Little  and  W. 
S.  Scott,  all  of  the  1st  Brigade  stafif ;  Gen.  Bird 
W.  Spencer,  Col.  H.  B.  Freeman  and  Col.  S. 
W.  McClave,  N.  J. ;  Col.  W.  G.  Bates,  Lt.  Col. 
J.  H.  Wells  and  Maj.  A.  J.  Bleecker,  71st  N. 
Y. ;  Col.  E.  K.  Austin,  N.  Y. ;  Col.  G.  R.  Dyer, 
Maj.  J.  P.  Benkard,  Capts.  C.  H.  Richards,  E. 
O.  Power,  R.  Foster  and  Lt.  J.  G.  K.  Lee,  12th 
N.  Y. ;  Majs.  J.  D.  Walton  and  J.  J.  Byrne,  9th 
N.  Y. ;  Col.  C.  A.  Denike,  loth  N.  Y. ;  Lt.  Col. 
A.  F.  Schermerhorn  and  Maj.  David  Banks, 
N.  Y.;  Col.  J.  Wray  Cleveland,  N.  Y. ;  Capt. 
J.  M.  Thompson,  9th  N.  Y. ;  Maj.  J.  B.  Hol- 
land, N.  Y.,  and  others.  Three  platoons  of 
these  ex-members  were  mounted. 

Major  Gen.  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding 
the  second  division,  was  the  next  to  pass,  forty- 
eight  veterans  of  the  Civil  War,  in  command 
of  Gen.  E.  L.  Molineux,  having  the  right  of 
line,  and  receiving  a  tumult  of  applause.  Imme- 
diately following  Gen.  Shaler  was  the  battle 
flag  of  the  1st  Brigade,  3d  Division,  6th  Corps, 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  which  Gen.  Shaler  com- 
manded in  the  early  days  of  the  Civil  War. 
Following  his  stafT  was  displayed  what  is  left 
of  the  State  and  National  flags  first  carried  by 
the  1st  U.  S.  Chasseurs  (subsequently  the  65th 
N.  Y.  Vols.)  in  1862.  These  colors  survived 
the  Peninsular  Campaign  and  were  returned  in 


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their  present  condition.     This  was  their  first 
reappearance. 

Right  behind  Gen.  Molineux  was  carried  the 
battle  flag  of  the  2d  Brigade,  2d  Division  of 
the  19th  Army  Corps,  commanded  by  General 
Molineux  throughout  the  war.  The  two  regi- 
mental flags  of  the  159th  N.  Y.  Vols,  were  car- 
ried by  the  center  companies  of  this  detach- 
ment. Ex-members  of  the  Seventh  who  served 
in  the  Spanish  war  next  marched  by  under 
command  of  Maj.  Henry  W.  Hovey,  U.  S.  A., 
and  after  them  marched  ex-members  who  were 
mustered  into  the  U.  S.  service  with  the  Regi- 
ment in  1861,  1862  and  1863.  This  detachment 
was  under  command  of  Gen.  Richard  N.  Bow- 
erman,  of  Maryland,  one  of  the  oldest  veterans 
of  the  Seventh. 

The  third  division  of  the  column,  and  the 
largest  of  those  parading  in  civilian  dress,  was 
made  up  of  ex-members  not  parading  in  the 
previous  divisions.  There  were  over  1,200  of 
them,  marching  with  fronts  of  twenty  files, 
under  command  of  Col.  Thomas  Dimond.  of 
the  veterans.  Among  this  body  were  many 
familiar  faces  of  past  days,  including  August 
Belmont,  Capt.  Don  Alonzo  Pollard,  Lts.  H. 
C.  DuVal,  Addie  McDugal  and  H.  M.  Nesbitt, 
Gen.  J.  R.  O'Beirne,  H.  Pell,  S.  F.  Cooper,  C. 
H.  Eagle,  Maj.  Frank  Keck,  Capt.  C.  E.  War- 
ren, and  Lts.  C.  Appleton  and  E.  Appleton. 

The  fourth  and  last  division  was  the  active 
Regiment,  in  command  of  Lt.  Col.  William 
H.  Kipp.  The  Regiment,  with  gray  coats  and 
white  trousers,  swung  by  in  magnificent  shape, 
parading  twenty-three  commands  of  sixteen 
files  each.  Capt.  Robert  McLean,  of  K,  senior 
captain  in  the  Regiment,  was  in  command  of 
Cos.  K,  G,  E,  L  H  and  F,  which  acted  as  escort 
to  Cos.  A,  B,  C  and  D,  the  four  companies 
organized  in  1806,  which  paraded  under  com- 
mand of  Maj.  Willard  C.  Fisk. 

If  all  the  incidents  of  the  parade  could  be 
accurately  reported  and  collated,  the  history  of 
two  hours  of  reunion  and  action  would  form  a 
volume  in  itself. 

It  was  an  inspiring  sight.  From  every  win- 
dow along  the  avenue  fluttered  bunting  and 
came  cheers  of  enthusiasm.  As  the  veterans 
carrying  the  bullet-riddled  flags  went  past, 
there  was  a  shout  of  applause  from  the  throng. 

The  column,  headed  by  Col.  Appleton, 
stretched  for  over  a  mile  along  Fifth  Ave. 
There  were  navy  uniforms  shoulder  to 
shoulder  with  army,  infantry  striding  beside 
booted  cavalrymen,  tall  hats  with  derbies — 
but  it  was  all  the  7th  Regt..  and  four  bands  in 
the  line  announced  the  fact  to  all  the  city. 

The  active  Regiment  assembled  at  the 
armory,  67th  St.  and  Park  Ave.,  and  about  3.30 
marched  downtown  to  join  the  rest  of  the  big 
assemblage  at  the  71st  Regt.  Armory,  34th  St. 
and  Park  Ave.  At  the  latter  place  there  gath- 
ered the  Civil  War  veterans,  and  members  of 


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the  National  Guard,  Naval  Militia,  and  men  of 
the  regular  army  who  had  been  at  any  time 
connected  with  the  Regiment. 

At  this  gathering,  with  the  exception  of  com- 
paratively few  strange  uniforms,  all  were  in 
civilian  dress.  At  one  point  of  the  71st 
Armory  formed  the  Spanish  war  veterans, 
mostly  dapper  business  men :  in  another  cor- 
ner the  Civil  War  veterans,  beards  of  white 
and  heads  of  gray,  but  square  of  shoulders, 
gathered  around  a  few  old  and  tattered  flags 
that  reflected  their  glory  on  the  faces  beneath 
them.  Again,  at  the  other  side  of  the  big 
armory  hall  there  assembled  officers  of  miscel- 
laneous regiments.  Here  were  engineers,  artil- 
lery officers.  Rough  Riders,  members  of  the 
Society  of  1812,  and  a  colonel  of  the  Persian 
Army.  The  latter  was  Col.  Mesrach  Nevton 
Khan  Boyajian,  who  was  at  one  time  secretary 
of  the  Persian  Legation  at  Washington,  and 
at  one  time  a  member  of  Co.  B. 

Everybody  seemed  to  know  everybody  else, 
although  hundreds  had  lost  sight  of  one  an- 
other for  years.  Over  in  the  veterans'  corner 
comrades  who  last  saw  one  another  in  1865 
shook  hands  again  under  the  old  flags.  Capt. 
George  B.  Cook,  more  than  80  years  old,  shook 
hands  with  Capt.  Richard  S.  Alcoke,  of  the  old 
57th  N.  Y.  Vols.  Capt.  Alcoke  found  difficulty 
in  shaking  all  the  hands  that  were  extended  to 
him,  for  in  his  one  arm  he  held  a  considerably 
darned  and  patched  flag.  His  other  arm  had 
gone  at  Fredericksburg. 

Gen.  Edward  L.  Molineux,  Gen.  Alexander 
Shaler,  and  Gen.  Richard  N.  Bowerman,  of 
Baltimore,  were  also  among  the  oldest  of  the 
veterans,  and  told  that  "under  that  flag.  Sir, 
I  saw  four  good  men  go  down  at  Fair  Oaks." 
And  "that  flag"  went  through  numerous  other 
campaigns,  too,  and  in  much  the  same  condi- 
tion in  which  it  is  now.  This  one  "fluttered 
bravely"  at  Fort  Hudson,  Cedar  Creek,  Win- 
chester, and  Fisher  Hill. 

The  parade  started  from  34th  St.  and  Park 
Ave.  ten  minutes  late,  owing  to  the  weather. 
The  veterans  were  in  line,  ready  to  march  out 
of  the  71st  Regt.  Armory:  the  generals  had 
climbed  into  their  saddles  outside ;  the  mounted 
police  had  arrived  on  the  scene,  adding  to  the 
color  of  the  spectacle ;  down  the  street  the 
active  Regiment,  in  gray  coats  and  white 
trousers,  had  arrived  and  were  waiting  to 
escort  the  veterans,  when  all  at  once  there  was 
a  flash  of  lightning,  a  peal  of  thunder,  and 
down  came  the  rain. 

The  rain  lasted  for  ten  minutes.  Then  the 
shower  stopped  suddenly,  and  a  ray  of  sun- 
shine escaped  from  the  clouds.  Another  start 
was  about  to  be  made,  when  down  came  the 
rain  again.    Once  more  there  was  a  stampede. 

"We'll  go  to  the  armory  in  cabs,  anyway," 


laughed  Capt.  Alcoke,  waving  the  bullet-rid- 
dled flag,  "and  at  least  have  a  rip-roaring  din- 
ner for  auld  lang  syne." 

The  band,  catching  the  one-armed  captain's 
spirit,  struck  up,  "There'll  Be  a  Hot  Time  in 
the  Old  Town  To-night." 

I'ut  the  weather  man  relented,  and  ten  min- 
utes later  the  parade  started,  many  of  the 
marchers  with  their  clothes,  but  not  their  spir- 
its, dampened.  Wet  saddles  were  common,  but 
nobody  seemed  to  mind.  The  bands  played, 
the  young  Regiment  stepped  out  briskly,  the 
old  veterans  stiffened  up,  and  when  the  entire 
Regiment  turned  out  of  33d  St.  into  Fifth  Ave. 
the  sun  was  shining  on  a  stirring  picture. 

The  greatest  crowd  of  the  throng  that  lined 
the  avenue  from  34th  St.  to  67th  was  at  the 
Union  League  Club.  Here  Secretary  Taft's 
appearance  on  the  reviewing  stand  was  the  sig- 
nal for  great  cheering.  Gen.  Grant  also  came 
in  for  an  ovation. 

At  67th  St.  and  Fifth  Ave.,  where  the  Regi- 
ment turned  east,  the  veterans  formed  up  on 
the  curb  facing  Central  Park  and  received  a 
salute  of  honor  from  the  rest  of  the  parade  as 
it  marched  past.  The  ragged  banners  dipped 
in  acknowledgment. 

Recently  the  old  soldiers  have  been  dying 
ofif  fast,  but  out  of  the  forty-eight  who  were  in 
the  parade  only  four  dropped  out  through  ex- 
haustion. The  rest,  although  obviously  tired 
after  the  march,  seemed  determined  to  "see  the 
thing  through,"  even  to  the  last  course  of  the 
dinner  which  followed  at  the  armory  and  the 
last  word  of  speechmaking,  reminiscence,  and 
glory. 

"Where  can  you  duplicate  such  a  big  body  of 
ex-  and  active  citizen  soldiers  of  the  stamp  of 
the  men  just  passed?"  said  a  prosperous  old 
New  Yorker.  "After  such  intelligent  faces  and 
military  bearing  is  it  to  be  wondered  that  in  the 
Civil  War  three  members  of  the  Seventh  be- 
came major  generals,  nineteen  brigadier  gen- 
erals, twenty-nine  colonels,  forty-six  lieuten- 
ant colonels  and  450  others  captains  and  lieu- 
tenants in  the  army,  navy  or  volunteer  service? 
Then  think  of  the  many  Seventh  men  who  have 
held  commissions  everywhere  since.  I  tell  you 
it's  a  wonderful  organization,  and  the  State  and 
the  Nation  shoyld  be  pfoud  of  it."  The  old 
gentleman  spoke  truly. 


After   the    last    company    in    the   parade    had 
passed  Secretary  of  War  Taft  said: 

"What  has  imoressed  me  more  than  anything  else  is 
that  remarkable  body  of  well-dressed  gentlemen  who 
not  only  appear  to  he  so  erect  and  soldierly  in  appear- 
ance, but  so  prosperous  and  substantial." 

General  Mills  said: 

"That  is  a  sig'ht  to  make  an  old  soldier  feel  proud." 

Secretary  of  War  Taft  and  party  were  con- 


SECRETARY  OF   WAR  TAFT   AND  REVIEWING   PARTV 


Photo   by   Pictorial  Nc7vs   Co. 
ON  STAND  IN  FRONT  OF  UNION  LEAGUE  CLUB 


Photo  by  Pictorial  Nezvs  Co. 
GENERAL  GEORGE   MOORE  SMITH,   MARSHAL   FIRST      DIVISION,    AND   EX-MEMBERS  OF   REGIMENT    NOW 

OFFICERS  IN  OTHER  COMMANDS 


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veyed  to  the  Armory  after  the  Review  by  Mr. 
Stewart  Elhott,  who  courteously  provided  two 
large  automobiles  for  the  occasion. 


Reception  by  the  Union  League  Club 

The  tender  of  the  Lrnion  League  Club  house 
for  the  point  of  review  of  the  Regiment  and  its 
veterans  by  the  Secretary  of  War  was  a  graceful 
and  appropriate  act  of  that  famous  and  patriotic 
club  and  was  followed  by  a  reception  and  several 
other  acts  which  made  the  day  notable  and  all 
the  more  enjoyable  for  the  guests  of  the  Regi- 
ment. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  club  having 
passed  the  resolution  permitting  the  review  at 
this  point  the  chairman  of  the  committee,  Mr. 
Hoffman  Miller,  and  ex-Capt.  Andrew  Mills, 
treasurer  of  the  club,  became  a  committee  to  ar- 
range the  details.  The  matter  promptly  became 
known  to  the  members  of  the  club  and  was  taken 
up  gradually  so  that  later  the  club  house  was 
tendered  to  the  guests  and  the  committee,  con- 
sisting of  the  President  of  the  Club,  the  Hon. 
Cornelius  N.  Bhss,  Gen.  Thomas  H.  Hubbard, 
Gen.  Granville  M.  Dodge,  Gen.  Horace  Porter, 
and  Gen.  Anson  G.  McCook.  These  gentlemen 
and  others  were  constituted  a  reception  committee 
and  when  Maj.  Lydecker  and  staff  brought  Sec- 
retary of  War  Taft  and  his  staff  to  the  club  house 
a  reception  of  all  the  members  of  the  club  and 
guests  followed.  Refreshments  were  served,  and 
a  general  good  time  prevailed  in  defiance  of  the 
unpleasant  weather  conditions  prevailing  with- 
out. 

The  club  took  the  entire  matter  into  its  hands 
and  insisted  upon  acting  as  host.  The  Regiment 
thus  is  indelited  to  it  for  the  stand  and  decora- 
tions, the  use  of  the  club  house  and  the  reception. 

In  response  to  a  letter  of  thanks  for  these 
courtesies  the  Hon.  Cornelius  N.  Bliss,  President 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  wrote  under  date  of 
May  14,  1906: 

"My  Dear  Colonel  Appleton : 

"I  have  received  your  very  kind  letter  addressed  to 
the  President  and  members  of  the  Union  League  Club, 
which  will  be  read  at  the  next  club  meeting. 

"We  were  all  glad  to  be  permitted  to  have  a  little 
share  'n  the  welcome  accorded  to  the  grand  old  Regi- 
ment on  the  occasion  of  its  Centennial  Anniversary 
parade." 


The  splendid  and  numerous  decorations  of 
flags,  flowers  and  bunting  which  added  so  much 
color  and  beauty  to  Fifth  Ave.  along  the  line  of 
March  were  largely  the  result  of  the  personal 
efforts  of  Lieut.  John  N.  Golding,  formerly  of  the 
71st  Rgt.  and  a  staunch  friend  of  the  7th.  The 
Centennial  Committee  tendered  Mr.  Golding  a 
vote  of  thanks  in  appreciation  of  his  services. 


The  Banquet 
Toasts  and  Speakers 

The    President   of   the    United    States. 

The  Nation The  Hon.  William  H.  Taft 

Secretary  of  War. 
"They  that  can  give  up  essential  liberty  to  obtain  a 
little   temporary   safety  deserve  neither  liberty   nor 
safety." — Franklin. 

The  State  of  New  York The  Hon.  M.  Linn  Bruce  ' 

Lt.-Governor  of  New  York 
"A  banner  with  a  strange  device,  'Excelsior.'  " 

— Longfelhnv 

The  Regiment Gen.   Horace  Porter,  U.   S.  A. 

"Now  my  soul  has  elbow   room." — King  John. 

The  Army Gen.  Albert  L.  Mills,  U.  S.  A. 

Supt.  U.  S.  M.  A.,  West  Point. 
"Our  business  in  the  field  of  fight, 
Is  not  to  question  but  to  prove  our  might." — Pope. 

The  City  of  'New  York The  Hon.  John  J.  Delany 

Corporation  Counsel. 
"Towered  cities  please  us  then, 
And  the  busy  hum  of  men." — Milton. 

The  Regiment  and  Education Dr.  John  H.  Finley 

Pres.  College  of  City  of  N.  Y. 
"Woe  unto  them  that  call  evil  good  and  good  evil." 

— Isaiah 

Poem John  Jerome  Rooney 

"Can  one  desire  too  much  of  a  good  thing." 

— As  You  Like  It. 

MUSIC. 

7th    Reg.    Band,    Sgt.    Geo.    L.    Humphrey,    Leader. 

Coronation    March Meyerbeer 

Fantasia     (American) Herbert 

7th  Regt.  Centennial  March,  composed  expressly 

for  the  occasion  by Sgt.  G.  L.  Humphrey 

Cornet  Solo,   Battle  Cry  of   Freedom Liberati 

(Mr.  Chester  W.   Smith.) 
Medley  of  War  Songs  (1863). 

French    Horn    Quartette Selected 

Charge  of  the  Light  Brigade Luber 

Although  Saturday,  May  5,  1906,  was  an 
unceasing  round  of  pleasure  for  every  man  in 
the  Seventh  and  everyone  who  used  to  be  that 
shared  personally  in  the  celebration  it  was  no 
less  a  busy  one.  Even  the  latest  accessions 
felt  that,  but  how  much  more  did  those  who 
were  upon  important  committees,  and  those — 
always  few — who,  like  the  division  command- 
ers, in  a  test  battle  had  to  supply  the  initial 
force,  the  brains  and  bear  the  responsibility. 
How  Chairman  and  Maj.  Lydecker,  after  his 
great  work  had  been  realized  by  the  successful 
developments  of  the  day  we  celebrated,  re- 
tained sufificient  reserve  nerve  force  to  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  his  labors  seems  hard  to  realize, 
but  observers  believe  he  did,  and  in  perhaps 
lesser  measure  this  comment  applies  to  the 
other  hard  toilers  who  made  the  Celebration, 
the  banquet  and  its  accompaniments  especially, 
the  magnificent  success  that  it  was.  But  little 
time  elapsed  between  the  dismissal  of  the 
parade  and  the  re-assembling  of  the  hosts  who, 
in  the  greatest  force  on  record  in  New  York, 
attacked  the  banquet  and  left  it  a  dismantled 
wreck  and  the  broad  expanse  of  table  surface 
a  desert  waste. 

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ON    THE    MARCH    DOWN    FIFTH    AVE.,    AT    59TH    ST.,    COMPANY   G 


o'clock  to  give  notice  that  the  march  to  the  din- 
ner was  about  to  l^egin.  Long  l^efore  that  time 
the  members  of  the  Regiment  for  the  most  part 
had  changed  their  Ijedraggled  uniforms  and 
were  waiting  for  the  march. 

Songs  were  heard  coming  from  every  Com- 
pany room,  and  down  in  the  general  reception 
rooms,  where  the  veterans  had  met,  some  of 
the  old  war  songs  of  1861-65  were  being 
shouted  by  men  with  cracked  voices  but  with 
the  enthusiasm  of  youth.  From  that  time  on 
the  enthusiasm  grew  until  it  reached  its  cli- 
max just  before  Secretary  Taft  spoke,  when 
Col.  Appleton  stood  upon  a  little  rostrum  back 
of  the  main  guest  table  and  shouted  to  all  the 
2,400  present  to  rise.  Then  he  said:  "The 
President  of  the  United  States." 

At  once  a  group  of  trumpeters  played  "Hail 
to  the  Chief,"  and  then  Col.  Appleton  called  for 


three  cheers  for  the  President.  They  were 
given  with  a  tremendous  uproar,  and  followed 
by  a  tiger,  with  three  siss-boom-ahs.  Then  Col. 
Appleton  shouted : 

"Who  is  he?"  The  answer  came  like  a  roar 
of  thunder:  "First  in  war,  first  in  peace  and 
first  in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen."  This 
explosion  was  followed  by  a  clatter  of  feet  that 
sounded  like  a  subway  train  at  its  highest 
speed. 

The  dinner  was  said  to  have  been  the  largest 
ever  given  in  this  city.  There  were  2,256  per- 
sons at  the  thirty-two  tables  on  the  floor,  and 
seventy-seven  persons  aj:  the  guest  table ;  and 
these,  with  the  regimental  attendants  on  the 
floor  and  in  the  galleries,  brought  the  number 
up  to  more  than  2,400.  It  required  more  than 
300  waiters  to  serve  the  diners. 

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THE    HON.     WILLIAM     H.    TAFT, 
SECRETARY  OF  WAR 

almost  to  a  man,  and  there  were  more  than  a 
thousand  veterans  on  hand  besides  military 
guests  from  the  city  and  State  and  from  other 
States.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  regi- 
ment in  the  city  and  sonic  of  the  officers  from 
regiments  as  far  as  Buffalo  were  present. 

Secretary  Taft  was  the  chief  guest  of  honor, 
representing  not  only  the  War  Department,  but 
the  President.  Maj.  Gens.  Wade  and  Grant 
were  there  from  Governor's  Island  and  Brig- 
Gen.  Mills  from  West  Point.  Brig.  Gen.  J. 
Franklin  Bell,  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Regular 
Army,  came  on  especially  from  Washington. 
There  were  scores  of  old-timers,  men  of  mark, 
who  had  served  in  the  Civil  War  in  the  Sev- 
enth, and  their  eyes  lit  up  with  the  enthusiasm 
akin  to  that  of  the  youngest  member  of  the 
Regiment  as  they  marched  into  the  hall. 

The  members  of  the  Regiment  and  veterans 
first  went  to  their  places  at  the  tables,  company 
by  company.  Then  came  the  military  guests. 
All  were  cheered,  especially  the  commanding 
officers  of  other  regiments.  Then  there  was  a 
pause,  and  finally  a  shout  went  up  near  the 
door,  accomj^anied  by  waving  of  napkins, 
which  spread  until  the  room  was  flecked  with 
what  looked  to  be  whitecaps  on  a  rolling  sea. 
The  cheers  could  have  been  heard  for  blocks. 
It  marked  the  advent  of  Col.  Appleton,  Secre- 
tary Taft  and  the  rest  of  the  guests. 

At  the  small  table  in  the  centre  of  the  dais 
this  was  the  order  of  the  guests :  On  the  right 
of  Col.  Appleton  were  Secretary  Taft,  Gov. 
Roberts  of  Connecticut,  Lt.  Gov.  M.  Linn 
Bruce  of  New  York,  Capt.  W.  ^I.  Wright,  aid- 


de-camp  to  Secretary  Taft,  and  Corporation 
Counsel  J.  J.  Delany.  On  the  left  of  Col.  Ap- 
pleton were  Gen.  Horace  Porter,  Maj.  Gen. 
Wade,  Gen.  Mills,  and  Dr.  John  H.  Finley, 
president  of  the  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

Cheers  and  songs  were  going  up  from  all  parts 
of  the  room  constantly,  sometimes  to  such  an 
extent  that  they  even  drowned  out  the  band. 

Col.  Appleton  secured  order  and,  mounting 
the  little  rostrum  back  of  the  central  section  of 
the  dais,  he  made  a  speech  of  welcome,  which 
began. 

"Remember,  the  7th  Regt.  is  not  to  be  heard 
from  to-night.  Its  guests  are  to  do  the  talking 
this  time." 

After  Col.  Appleton  had  ceased  speaking,  the 
chaplain,  the  Rev.  W.  E.  McCord,  said  grace, 
and  then  the  proceedings  began.  Down  the 
central  aisle  of  the  armory  men  were  stationed 
at  each  table  with  white  flags  bearing  a  red 
crescent,  and  these  gave  the  .=ignal  that  it  was 
time  for  the  waiters  to  advance.  Their  entry 
was  greeted  with  a  roar.  Then  came  an  awful 
din.  The  men  took  up  their  knives  and  forks 
and  began  beating  on  their  plates. 

While  the  dinner  was  served  the  band  played 
patriotic  airs.  As  soon  as  the  soup  was  served 
the  band  struck  up  "The  Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner," and  at  once  the  entire  assemblage  rose 
and  greeted  the  national  air  with  great  cheers. 
From  time  to  time  the  veterans  would  leave 
their  places  and  go  to  the  dais  to  make  visits, 
until  the  south  side  of  the  building  looked  like 
a  reception  in  the  boxes  at  the  opera  house  be- 
tween the  acts. 

After  the  coffee  Col.  Appleton  called  his 
bugler  to  him  and  had  him  sound  "attention." 
The  Colonel  mounted  the  rostrum  in  front  of 
the  sounding  board  and  received  a  mighty 
welcome.  He  was  cheered  for  nearly  three 
minutes.  As  he  attempted  to  still  the  multi- 
tude some  one  called  for  three  cheers  for  him, 
which  were  finished  by  three  resounding  siss, 
boom-ahs.  Then  came  the  cheers  for  the 
President. 

Col.  Appleton  then  went  through  the  motions 
of  trying  to  introduce  Secretary  .Taft,  Few  per- 
sons could  hear  what  he  said,  but  the  Secretary 
slowly  stepped  to  the  rostrum  and  shook  hands 
with  the  Colonel.  While  this  was  going  on  a 
signal  was  given  to  the  truniDeters  and  they 
started  "My  Country  'Tis  of  The^."  At  once 
the  entire  crowd  joined  in  and  the  song  was 
sung  with  fervor  such  as  it  probably  never  got 
in  this  city  before. 

When  it  was  finished  the  bugler  again 
sounded  "Attention"  and  Secretary  Taft,  lift- 
ing up  his  voice  to  the  highest  pitch,  said  to  the 
Regiment  and  its  guests,  who  had  bunched 
themselves  in  the  southern  half  of  the  room : 


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"Colonel  Appleton ;  Members  of  the  7th  Regi- 
ment :  It  has  been  sometimes  thought  that  a 
repubhcan  government  could  get  along  without 
an  army.  Of  course,  war  is  hell,  and  we  must 
avoid  it  by  every  honorable  concession,  but  one- 
fourth  of  the  life  of  this  nation,  in  point  of  time, 
has  been  spent  in  war,  and  therefore  we  need 
and  must  have  an  army.  If  it  rains  one-quarter 
of  the  time,  it  is  rather  unwise  for  practical  men 
not  to  repair  their  roofs,  and  not  to  have  on 
hand    umbrellas.       (Applause.) 

Now,  gentlemen,  an  army  is  not  for  show ; 
an  army  is  not  to  look  at ;  an  army  is  not  a 
mere  symbol,  the  truncheon  of  a  field  mar- 
shall  or  the  sceptre  of  a  king — an  army  is  to 
fight!  (Applause.)  If  we  could  be  sure  that 
we  were  to  have  no  war,  then  we  should  have  no 
army.  But  if  we  have  an  army  at  all,  it  must 
be  an  army  to  fight. 

We  have  on  the  statute  books  a  regular  army 
of  100,000  men.  We  have  actually  a  regular 
army  of  60,000,  and  of  that  60,000  at  least  15,- 
000  are  taken  up  in  post  fortifications,  leaving 
us  a  mobile  army  of  45,000  men  for  a  population 
of  over  eighty  millions  of  people,  with  a  domain 
that  reaches  to  the  coast  of  China,  to  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama,  to  the  Straits  of  Behring,  and 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Gentle- 
men, that  army  is  not  enough  for  war.  That 
army  is  so  constituted  as  a  skeleton  that  we 
might  be  able  to  expand  it  promptly  to  100,000 
men,  but  100,000  men  will  be  a  very  small  por- 
tion of  the  necessary  force  should  we  get  into  a 
foreign  war  or  have  a  large  domestic  insurrec- 
tion. Therefore  we  have  to  count  on  other 
sources.  One  of  them  is  the  volunteer  army, 
which  does  not  exist,  and  the  other  is  the  national 
militia.  (Applause.)  That  militia  is  organized 
by  the  states  and  under  the  authority  of  the 
states,  and  officered  under  the  state  law,  but 
it  is  recognized  in  the  Constitution  as  a  part 
of  the  military  establishment  of  the  United 
States,  which  the  President  may  call  upon  to  re- 
pel foreign  invasion,  to  suppress  domestic  insur- 
rection and  to  enforce  the  law. 

By  the  law  of  1793  the  militia  was  recognized 
as  part  of  the  military  establishtnent  of  the 
United  States,  but  that  law  was  most  ineflfec- 
tive,  and  yet  in  spite  of  the  dreadful  experience 
that  the  Government  had  with  the  insufificient 
militia  law,  it  went  on  and  was  not  changed 
in  one  iota  until  the  vear  1902,  one  hundred 
and  nine  years  later,  when  we  took  up  the  sub- 
ject of  the  national  militia,  and  finally  adopted 
measures  to  make  it  a  part,  a  real  part,  of  the 
military  establishment  of  the  United  States,  by 
providing  for  uniformitv  of  organization,  arm's 
and  discipline,  and  bv  securing  a  unitv  of  man- 
euvers that  will  make  the  militia  an  efificient 
part  of  the  army  of  the  United   States. 

There    is    pending    in    Congress    just    at    this 


present  time,  an  Act  to  increase  the  $1,000,000 
now  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  encourag- 
ing the  state  militia  to  take  part  in  the  man- 
euvers— a  bill  appropriating  another  million  dol- 
lars to  increase  and  improve  the  rifle  practice 
of  the  militia.  I  need  not  say  to  you,  gentlemen, 
that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment, whenever  in  anticipation  of  being  called 
into  war,  to  see  to  it  that  it  does  not  expose  its 
citizens  to  the  dangers  which  are  necessarily  in- 
cident to  sending  them  out  under  incompetent 
officers  or  as  part  of  untrained  levies.  Now, 
the  idea  has  gone  abroad  that  because  in  1865 
there  marched  down  Pennsylvania  Avenue  a 
body  of  men  than  whom  there  never  was  a 
better  drilled  army  under  Sherman  and  Grant — 
the  best  army  ever  gotten  together — we  could 
get  ready  for  war  to-morrow  morning  by  call- 
ing on  the  ten  millions  of  our  male  adult  citizens 
who  might  make  up  such  an  army.  The  army  of 
1865  was  said  to  be  composed  of  volunteers,  but 
there  never  was  a  regular  army  with  the  train- 
ing that  that  army  received.  It  cost  us  four 
'■ears  of  bloody  war,  of  travail  and  losses,  to 
teach  those  men  how  to  be  the  best  soldiers  that 
ever  trod  a  battlefield.     (Applause.) 

But  that  lesson,  instead  of  teaching  us  to  think 
that  a  volunteer  army  can  be  raised  in  a  day, 
should  teach  us  to  make  early  preparation  when 
we  can,  to  meet  the  issue  that  must  necessarily 
come,  and  therefore  it  is,  gentlemen,  because  we 
recognize  that  the  national  militia  is  one  of  the 
most  important  hopes  that  we  hqve  in  any  nation- 
al emergency  to  furnish  us  soldiers  who  know 
how  to  act,  know  how  to  drill,  and  know  how  to 
fight,  that  the  President  directed  me  to  come  here 
to-night  to  represent  him,  and  to  testify  to  you 
as  representing  the  most  conspicuous  regiment  in 
the  militia  of  the  United  States,  that  he  re- 
gards— and  so  does  every  one  who  has  at  heart 
the  interests  of  this  country  and  its  army — 
that  he  regards  this  centennial  celebration  of  your 
beginning  as  an  event  of  great  national  im- 
portance. The  best  disciplined  national  guard 
regiment  in  the  country,  and  the  mother  of 
other  regiments,  it  is  certainly  entitled  to  the 
recognition  of  the  head  of  the  nation  and  the 
head  of  the  War  Department.  Institutions  of  a 
hundred  years  are  something  so  valuable  that 
they  cannot  be  reproduced,  and.  the  Seventh 
Regiment  with  its  traditions,  its  esprit  and  its 
fine  discipline  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  mili- 
tary assets  this  countrv  has. 

I  congratulate  you.  Colonel  Appleton,  and  the 
officers  of  this  Regiment,  on  the  honorable  car- 
eer which  has  reached  now  this  centennial  cele- 
bration. No  one  could  have  observed  that  par- 
ade to-day  without  having  his  heart  thrilled  with 
admiration,  not  only  for  the  active  members  of 
this  Regiment,  but  even  more  for  the  veterans 
who  led  the  way.     Thev  showed  their  military 


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THE    HON.     M.    LINN    BRUCE, 
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR  OF   NEW   YORK. 

training  by  their  straight  backs  and  quick  step, 
and  showed,  too,  in  their  conduct  and  by  their 
appearance,  that  they  are  of  the  bone  and  sinew 
of   this   community.      (Applause.) 

Therefore,  we  congratulate  the  country  on  the 
earnest  of  the  patriotic  response  from  this  Regi- 
ment, its  veterans  and  its  active  men,  that  we  may 
count  U])on  in  any  emergency,  and  to  which  we 
shall  look  for  troops,  not  of  make  in  a  day,  but 
disciplined  troops  ready  for  war."  (Prolonged 
applause.) 

Lt.-Gov.  Bruce  also  praised  the  Seventh  to 
the  sky.  At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Bruce's 
speech  Col.  Appleton  remarked  that  the  crowd 
would  sing  "Annie  Laurie."  "And  then,"  he 
added,  "every  fellow  can  think  of  his  best  girl." 

Lieutenant-Governor  Bruce  said : 

"Colonel  Appleton,  Secretary  Taft,  Officers 
and  men  of  the  Seventh  Regiment : — 

In  the  unavoidable  absence  of  his  Excel- 
lency the  Governor,  the  simple  and  pleasing 
duty  of  expressing  upon  this  anniversary  occas- 
ion, the  greetings  and  congratulations  of  the 
Governor  and  the  people  of  the  State,  has  been 
assigned  to  me.  I  assure  you  that  in  my  brief 
public  career  I  have  never  been  called  upon  to 
discharge  a  more  delightful  duty. 

The  proud  position  of  prominence  which 
the  State  of  New  York  has  been  accorded  by 
her  sister  States  is  not  merely  a  matter  of  cour- 
tesy and  of  compliment,  but  of  achievement. 

I  do  not  propose,  however,  to-night  to  speak 
of  the  greitne.=s  of  our  State,  as  evidenced  bv 
her  standing  first  among  all  the  States  of  the 
Union,  but  rather  to  speak  of  the  greatness  of 


her  institutions,  and  above  all,  to-night,  her 
National  Guard. 

The  National  Guard  of  New  York  is  com- 
posed of  14,500  men,  with  a  standard  of  efficien- 
cy and  preparedness  unexecelled  by  any  simil- 
ar volunteer  military  organization  in  the  world ; 
but  in  all  the  Guard  there  is  only  one  Regiment 
in  the  thoughts  of  the  people  of  our  State  to- 
night, and  that  is  the  Seventh. 

The  celebration  of  one  hundred  years  of 
organized  service  to  the  State  is  an  extra- 
ordinary event. 

The  people  of  New  York  are  not  unmindful 
of  the  splendid  record  of  the  Seventh  Regiment, 
Ijoth  in  time  of  disturbance  within  our  bor- 
ders and  in  the  defense  of  the  nation. 

And  first  and  foremost  in  our  minds  on  this 
occasion  are  the  men  of  this  grand  organiza- 
tion who  went  forth  during  the  War  of  1812, 
during  the  Mexican  War,  and  during  the  great 
struggle  for  the  preservation  of  the  Union,  and 
offered  their  lives  a  willing  sacrifice  in  defense  of 
free  institutions  on  this  continent.  (Applause.) 
But  few  of  them  are  here  to-night.  Many  of 
them  fell  in  the  face  of  the  enemy.  Some  sleep 
in  unknown  graves,  their  names  known  only 
to  this  Regiment  and  to  the  ones  left  behind. 
Others  after  living  lives  of  usefulness  and  of 
great  public  service  in  high  places  have  joined 
their  commands  on  the  other  side.  We  honor 
them — the  living  and  the  dead  on  this  great 
occasion.  (Applause.) 

The  honorable  Secretary  of  War  has  well 
said  that  there  is  no  military  organization  like 
the  Seventh  Regiment  on  this  continent,  and 
I  doubt  if  there  exists  in  the  civilized  world 
one  which  could  give  such  a  demonstration 
as  we  have  witnessed  to-day — more  than  two 
thousand  men,  prominent  in  all  walks  of  life, 
men  who  served  without  compulsion — men 
who  have  given  up  their  time,  day  after  day, 
week  after  week,  year  after  year,  to  make  the 
history  and  the  present  greatness  of  this  Regi- 
ment, which  has  made  it  illustrious  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  State  and  of  our  country.  It  stands 
to-day  at  the  highest  point  of  its  efficiency. 
(Applause.)  There  never  has  been  a  time 
since  1806  when  the  Seventh  Regiment  was 
better  equipped  in  its  personnel,  its  Colonel 
and  its  other  officers — never  more  willing  to  do 
service  for  the  State,  and,  if  necessary,  for  the 
nation.  If  it  has  been  the  pride  of  this  State 
in  the  past,  it  is  twice  to-day  the  glory  of  the 
Empire  State.  (Applause.) 

We  are  proud  of  the  entire  National  Guard  . 
proud  of  the  officers  and  the  men :  proud  of 
its  equipment  and  its  efficiency,  and  I  look 
forward  to  even  grander  and  better  things  for 
the  National  Guard  of  New  York. 

All  the  people  of  the  Empire  State  honoi 
you  to-night,  and  I  extend,  on  behalf  of  his 


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Excellenc}'  the  Governor,  hearty  greetings  and 
congratulations." 

Gen.  Horace  Porter,  late  Ambassador  to 
France,  put  everybody  in  good  humor  by  his 
witty  remarks.     He  said : 

"Mr.  Secretary  of  War,  Colonel  Appleton 
and  Gentlemen :  This  is  the  most  enthusiastic 
meeting  that  I  have  ever  attended,  except  one 
in  the  far  West,  where  the  audience  rose  to 
its  feet  and  vociferously  cheered  the  opening 
prayer.  I  have  been  very  glad  to  participate 
gineer  Corps  (cheers  from  Company  K).  Be- 
ing the  l>earer  of  despatches  from  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  East  to  Washington  when  all  land 
communication  was  cut  off,  I  went  down  to 
the  front  with  Company  K  on  board  the  steam- 
er "Daylight." 

It  was  that  Company  which  opened  the 
Potomac.  If  it  had  not  been  for  its  advance 
by  way  of  the  river,  no  doubt  the  Potomac 
would  have  remained  closed  to  the  present  day. 
(Laughter.) 

I  saw  every  member  of  this  Regiment  going 
down  to  the  front,  standing  as  straight  as  if 
he  had  been  drinking  ram-rod  tea  for  two 
months.  Every  man  was  clean  shaved,  freshly 
vaccinated,  newly  baptized,  and  ready  for  any 
form  of  massacre,  from  squirrel-hunting  to 
manslaughter  in  the  first  degree.  If  a  member 
of  that  Regiment  was  too  short-sighted  to  see 
the  enemy,  he  would  go  nearer ;  if  he  was  a 
little  deaf,  he  would  embrace  the  opportunity 
that  affliction  afforded  him  to  disobey  an  order 
to    fall    back.       He    was    always    the    first    in 


the  enemy's  smokehouse  and  the  last  in  a  re- 
treat.  (Laughter.) 

I  congratulate  you  upon  having  as  your  re- 
viewing officer  and  your  honored  guest  upon 
this  memorable  occasion,  one  who  was  an  or- 
nament to  the  bench,  who  brought  order  out 
of  chaos  in  the  distant  Philippines,  who  is  to- 
day the  chief  apostle  of  clean  politics,  who  is 
directing  with  a  master-hand  the  great  War 
De])artment  of  this  Government,  and  who  has 
inaugurated  a  campaign  of  integrity  and  vigor 
in  constructing  the  greatest  enterprise  of  this 
or  any  other  age,  the  famous  Panama  Canal. 
(Applause.) 

I  am  glad  to  see  you  celebrating  with  a 
proper  spirit  this  important  period  in  your  his- 
tory. It  is  well  to  come  and  light  again  the 
historic  camp-fires  in  order  that  in  their  light 
may  be  seen  the  record  of  imperishable  deeds 
and  names  that  deserve  to  be  immortal.  The 
bulk  of  our  soldiery  in  this  country  will  always 
be  composed  of  men  from  these  volunteer  or- 
ganizations. The  greatest  curse  that  could 
be  laid  upon  our  land  would  be  compulsory 
military  service,  and  the  men  who  are  not  in- 
terfered with  in  their  vocations,  having  no 
taste  for  military  service,  owe  that  boon  to 
organizations  such  as  yours,  who  do  the  ser- 
vice voluntarily  for  them. 

We  all  love  peace.  But  as  the  distinguished 
Secretary  has  so  eloquently  said,  we  cannot 
bring  it  about  by  throwing  away  our  weapons 
of  defense.  I  have  no  patience  with  those  per- 
sons who  pretend  that  a  strong  armament  will 
provoke  wars.  It  is  as  silly,  as  illogical,  as  to 
say  that  putting  a  pistol  under  your  pillow  at 
night  will  invite  an  attack  of  burglars ;  as  fool- 
ish as  to  say  that  the  organization  of  a  hos- 
pital service  with  experienced  surgeons  and 
trained  nurses  would  invite  a  pestilence.  It  is 
a  significant  fact  that  the  bravest  soldiers  have 
been  the  most  ardent  advocates  of  an  honor- 
able peace.  The  inscription  upon  the  portals 
of  the  tomb  of  one  of  our  most  combative 
soldiers,  at  Riverside,  bears  his  famous  utter- 
ance "Let  us  have  peace." 

It  is  but  a  short  time  ago  that  a  gallant 
soldier  in  the  field,  now  the  Chief  Magistrate 
of  the  nation,  with  his  indomitable  will  and 
effective  power  of  initiative,  brought  to  the 
shores  of  this  Republic  the  envoys  of 
the  imperial  belligerents  in  the  Far  East,  and 
kept  them  here  until  they  signed  an  honorable 
with  you  in  this  celebration  of  your  Centennial. 
Glad  to  see  that  you  have  all  reached  a  hun- 
dred years  of  age  without  being  chloroformed. 
(Laughter.)  Glad  to  meet  with  this  famous 
organization  that  bears  upon  its  banners  the 
mystic,  mysterious,  cabalistic  figure  of  "7."  I 
understand  that  every  one  who  joins  it  has  to 


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be  the  seventh  son  of  a  seventh  son,  born  un- 
der some  particularly  brilliant  constellation  of 
the  heavens,  and  we  ontsiders  do  not  pretend 
to  strike  your  gait.  We  can  only  gaze  upon 
you  and  say,  in  the  language  of  Charles  II.  of 
England ;  "I  always  admired  virtue,  but  never 
could  imitate  it."  (Laughter  and  applause). 

I  know  this  Regiment  of  old.  I  remember 
it  in  the  field  when  every  man's  shadow  was 
afraid  to  follow  him  for  fear  he  would  lead  it 
into  too  great  danger.  The  proudest  moment 
of  my  life  was  when  I  was  made  an  honorary 
member  of  old  Company  K,  originally  the  En- 
peace.  It  was  the  soldier  who  had  become  the 
pacificator.  It  was  the  Rough  Rider  smoothing 
the  path  of  peace.      (Applause.) 

I  know  that  good  citizens  go  to  war  only  to 
conquer  an  honorable  peace,  and  I  feel  that 
you  all — our  regular  citizen  soldiery — if  war 
again  threatens  the  nation's  life,  will  go  forth 
in  the  spirit  of  him  into  whose  mouth  Shakes- 
peare puts  the  lines:  'Cheerily  on  courageous 
friends,  that  we  may  reap  a  harvest  of  peace 
by  this  one  bloody  act  of  sharp  war.'  "    (Cheers.) 


A  perfect  storm  of  cheers  went  up  from  the 
floor  of  the  Armory  when  Gen.  Mills,  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Military  Academy  at  West  Point 
was  introduced.  Gen.  Mills  announced  that  he 
was  just  recovering  from  a  bad  cold  and  that 
he  would  have  to  be  brief.  The  cheering  was 
repeated  again  and  again  before  he  could  go  on 
and  cries  of  "What's  the  matter  with  West 
Point,"  with  the  usual  answer. 
General  Mills  said: 

"Colonel  Appleton,  veteran  and  active  mem- 
bers of  the  7th  Regiment:  I  am  glad  to  have 
the  privilege  of  being  one  of  your  guests  at  this 
anniversary.  I  am  especially  glad,  for  your 
Regiment  always  has  been  close  to  my  heart. 
Being  a  native  of  this  city  from  boyhood,  I  have 
had  for  it  a  pride  fully  as  strong,  I  believe,  as  would 
have  been  the  case  had  I  been  one  of  your  num- 
ber. It  is,  then,  a  pleasure  to  give  expression  at 
this  time  to  the  admiration  with  which  I  wit- 
nessed the  spirit  animating  your  Regiment  and 
its  veterans  in  this  afternoon's  review.  You 
veterans  need  have  no  fear  for  the  military  pres- 
tige of  your  old  command:  its  laurels  are  as 
safe  in  the  hands  of  your  successors  as  they  were 
in  your  own. 

As  an  Army  man  it  is  also  a  pleasure  to  know 
I  can  extend  to  you  on  this  occasion  the  cordial 
regard  and  hearty  felicitations  of  hundreds  of 
my  comrades  who  have  been  associated  with  you, 
and  have  knowledge  of  the  difficulties  and  per- 
sonal sacrifices  your  service  often  entails.  West 
Point,  too,  which  had  its  centennial  in  1902, 
adds  its  congratulations.  Among  its  annual 
events,  which  cadets  regard  with  the  greatest  in- 
terest, and  its  friendly  rivalry  with  you  in  ath- 


letics and  co-operation,  is  your  field  service  train- 
ing. 

lie  it  said  to  the  credit  of  the  able  statesmen 
who  have  in  late  years  directed  its  destiny,  the 
Army,  for  the  first  time  in  its  history,  finds  itself 
working  under  a  definite  military  policy  which 
must  result  in  bringing  it  to  a  state  of  efficiency 
it  never  before  has  attained.  For  its  personnel, 
according  to  grade,  ability,  and  application, 
greater  opportunities  than  ever  before  are  being 
ofifered  for  training,  both  practical  and  theoreti- 
cal, which  seeks  to  cover  the  wide  field  of  duty 
expected  of  an  American  officer.  The  result  of 
an  enlightened  policy  of  this  kind  can  but  make 
the  Army  better  prepared  than  in  the  past  for 
whatever  duty  may  fall  to  its  lot.  The  spirit 
animating  the  Army  to-day  is  the  same  spirit 
that  its  history  shows  has  always  governed  it ; 
the  same  that  inspires  you  and  all  good  citizen 
soldiers — love  of  country  and  recognition  of  the 
duty  we  owe  it,  with  a  willingness  to  perform 
that  duty  to  the  extent  of  our  ability. 

I  want  briefly  to  say  a  word  to  emphasize 
the  great  value  to  the  country,  and  to  its  active 
Army,  of  Guard  regiments  such  as  the  7th.  In 
a  war  of  any  magnitude,  as  we  are  situated  at 
present,  our  most  serious  deficiency  would  be 
found  to  lie  in  an  insufficient  supply  of  capable 
officers.  The  Army  cannot  meet  the  deficiency. 
To  endeavor,  even  in  part,  to  do  so,  would 
most  seriously  aflfect  its  efficiency.  The 
Guard  regiments  of  the  States,  however, 
largely  can  do  so,  and  it  should  be  a  subject  of 
earnest  congratulation  for  all  sane-minded  citi- 
zens— I  mean  those  who  dread  war,  who  do  not 
seek  or  want  the  calamity,  but  who  do  recognize 
its  possibility — that  the  operation  of  recently  en- 
acted national  laws  will  tend  to  make  the 
National  Guard  regiments  real  schools  for  pro- 
viding a  corps  of  good  officers  when  needed. 
Further  enactments,  it  is  hoped,  will  follow,  in- 
suring still  further  efficient  service,  with  full 
recognition  and  reward  for  such  of  its  members 
as  may  enter  National  Volunteers,  and  an  honor- 
able return  to  their  homes  at  the  earliest  moment 
their  services  can  be  spared  for  those  whose  in- 
terests so  require. 

A  similar  principle  was  adopted  early  in  our 
struggle  for  independence  under  the  stress  of 
conditions  as  they  then  existed.  After  the  defeat 
of  our  forces  at  Brooklyn  in  August,  1776,  the 
Army  was  demoralized  and  its  condition  alarmed 
the  friends  of  the  Colonial  cause.  Insubordi- 
nation and  confusion  prevailed  everywhere — a 
state  of  things  the  natural  outcome,  of  course,  of 
the  hurried  way  in  which  troops  had  been  as- 
sembled in  large  numbers  without  proper  sup- 
plies, or  the  means  of  procuring  such,  together 
with  the  absence  of  sufficient  training  on  the  part 
of  ofiicers.  particularly  in  subordinate  grades. 
A  Congressional  Committee,  composed  of  lead- 
ing patriots,  visited  the  Army  at  this  time  and 


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beheld  these  scenes  of  disorder.  John  Adams 
was  a  member  of  this  Committee.  He  set  to 
himself  the  task  of  bringing  about  measures  of 
reform,  and  one  of  these,  upon  which  Congress 
promptly  acted,  was  the  creation  of  a  military 
academy  in  the  Army  which,  in  fact,  assumed  the 
form  of  a  body  of  troops  composed  of  8  com- 
panies each  of  115  men.  The  officers  for  it  were 
selected  with  great  care,  being  confined  to  those 
who  had  served  with  credit  and  borne  good  char- 
acter both  as  citizens  and  soldiers.  Equal  care 
was  exercised  in  the  selection  of  the  enlisted  per- 
sonnel. The  purpose  of  the  organization,  as 
stated  in  the  Act  creating  it  was :  "To  serve  as  a 
military  school  for  young  gentlemen  previous  to 
their   being   appointed    to    marching    regiments 

it:    it:    :^    ^      " 

It  does  not  matter  that  this  corps  failed,  in 
the  exigencies  of  actual  war,  to  fully  meet  the 
expectations  of  its  sponsors.  The  reasons  there- 
fore are  readily  understood ;  but  the  principle, 
when  applied  in  peace,  in  wise  preparation  for 
war,  is  sound,  and  no  better  proof  of  this  asser- 
tion exists  than  is  shown  in  the  record  of  your 
own  Regiment.  It  has  given  in  time  of  war  some 
900  officers  to  the  Armies  of  the  United  States, 
and  of  these  during  the  Civil  War  alone  over  20 
per  cent,  attained  the  rank  of  general  and  field 
officer.  Certainly,  this  is  a  striking  example  of 
what  can  be  done.  Your  Regiment,  in  fact,  if 
not  in  name,  is  and  has  been  a  real  military 
academy.  It  has  fostered  military  knowledge  in 
its  own  State  and  has  kept  alive  a  military  spirit ; 
it  has  been  the  model  on  which  new  Guard  Regi- 
ments have  been  formed  and  has  furnished  many 
efficient  officers  for  them  ;  its  record,  too.,  shows 
it  to  have  been  a  rock  of  safety  for  city  and  State 
in  times  of  peril,  and  finally,  for  the  Nation 
itself,  it  has  been  a  veritable  mine  of  officers,  for 
its  forces  in  war. 

Colonel  Appleton,  the  record  of  the  7th  Regi- 
ment shows  that  in  the  principles  which  have 
governed  it  there  exist  elements  of  strength 
found  in  but  few  other  National  Guard  com- 
mands. These  elements  have  made  it  what  it  is 
to-day  and  has  been.  May  they  endure  and  grow 
so  that  the  Regiment's  second  century's  record 
will  be  as  brilliant  and  as  honorable  as  its  first." 


Corporation  Counsel  Delany,  who  spoke  for 
the  City  of  New  York,  aroused  tremendous 
enthusiasm.     He  said: 

"Colonel  Appleton,  officers  and  members  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment — You  may  have  ob- 
served the  arrangement  of  the  guests  at  this 
center  table,  whereby  the  representative  of 
the  Law  Department  is  assigned  to  one  end 
and  the  representative  of  the  College  of  the 
City  of  New  York  to  the  other,  as  if  a  wise 
Providence  deemed  it  advisable  to  have  law 
and  reason  so  placed  as  to  overcome  the  in- 


GENER.AL     ALBERT     L.     MILLS, 
SUPT.    U.    S.    .MILIT.\RY    .\CADEMY 

fluence  of  all  the  fighting  men  who  sit  be- 
tween them.     (Laughter.) 

You  have  listened  to  laudation  of  yourselves 
to-night,  and  not  a  word  of  praise  spoken  has 
been  undeserved  nor  has  there  been  wanting 
that  one  voice  which  has  approved  everything 
good  which  has  been  said  of  the  Regiment. 
(Laughter.) 

I  have  the  honor  to  speak  to-night  in  behalf 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  without  which  the 
Seventh  Regiment  could  not  have  been. 

Your  organization  has  been  declared  by 
many  speakers  to  be  the  most  brilliant  and 
conspicuous  example  of  citizen  soldiery  in  the 
United  States.  The  judgment  is  well  merited. 
But  let  us  not  forget  that  there  is  only  one 
city  in  the  world  which  could  have  produced 
such  a  regiment,  and  that  is  the  one  which  did 
produce  it — the  great  City  of  New  York. 
(Applause). 

Many  have  re-told  to  you  stories  of  the  pa- 
triotic response  which  the  men  of  your  Regi- 
ment made  to  the  call  of  country  in  the  dark- 
est days  of  its  dangers  and  its  disasters.  The 
record  stretches  itself  over  one  hundred  years 
and  preserves  the  evidence  of  the  bravery  of 
your  men  who,  standing  prepared  for  war  in 
the  midst  of  peace,  jumped  to  the  defense  of 
the  Llnion  when  civil  strife  threatened  its  dis- 
memberment. This  record  embalms  in  the 
sweet  spices  of  the  recollection  of  a  grateful 
people  their  heroic  sacrifices  made  for  the  com- 
mon good  upon  the  field  of  battle. 

I  know  the  value  of  such  traditions  and  such 
example,  and  I  would  be  the  last  to  take  from 


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the  glory  of  such  achievements  one  jot  or  tittle 
of  the  praise  which  should  be  bestowed  upon 
them.  I  would  not  minimize  the  fame  of  any 
deed  of  unselfish  sacrifice  or  of  heroic  en- 
deavor. 

These  are  not,  however,  the  greatest  achieve- 
ments of  your  Regiment.  Nor  has  war  been 
the  field  of  its  best  striving  for  the  welfare  of 
your  country  and  its  people.  War  has  no  jus- 
tification unless  it  nurtures  the  hope  that  it 
will  be  the  harbinger  of  peace.  Military  bodies 
have  no  reason  for  existence  except  it  be  for 
the  preservation  of.  peace.  War  is  the  season 
of  the  storm  and  stress  of  a  nation.  Peace  is 
the  summer  of  its  sunshine  and  joy.  War 
means  slaughter  and  tumult  and  destruction. 
Peace  means  order,  popular  submission  to  law 
and  to  lawfully  constituted  authority  and  the 
construction  of  a  nation  and  the  happiness  of 
its  people. 

Freedom  is  not  lawlessness,  for  lawlessness 
is  tyranny.  All  the  armies  which  could  be 
marshalled  together  upon  all  the  battle-fields 
of  the  world  could  not  keep  us  free.  There 
must  be  preserved  in  the  hearts  of  the  people 
a  love  for  human  freedom  in  order  that  they 
may  be  free.  There  must  be  a  respect  for  law. 
Order  must  reign,  for  order  is  Heaven's  first 
law,  and  without  this  reign  of  law  and  order 
armies  might  be  made  the  vilest  and  most 
oppressive  instruments  of  despotism  itself  and 
the  people  be  reduced  to  serfdom.  The  pages 
of  history  attest  the  fact  that  no  absolutism 
has  ever  been  so  tyrannous  as  that  of  a  mili- 
tary despotism. 

While  the  chief  function  of  an  army  finds 
its  exercise  on  the  field  of  battle,  war  must  still 
be  the  last  resort  of  a  nation — must  be  under- 
taken merely  to  produce  peace  in  the  interests 
of  its  people. 

The  greatest  glory  of  your  Regiment  and  of 
all  similar  organizations  is  that  while  you  pre- 
pare for  war  you  do  not  neglect  to  cultivate  the 
virtues  of  peace.  You  stand  as  an  embodiment 
of  the  idea  of  the  citizen  soldier  teaching  the 
example  of  respect  for  the  superior  authority 
lawfully  constituted  and  of  willing  submission 
to  law.  You  bow  before  law  as  the  supreme 
rule  which  should  control  the  consciences  of 
men.  This  lesson,  which  through  one  hun- 
dred years  you  have  taught  your  fellow  citi- 
zens, far  transcends  any  achievement  which 
you  have  or  could  have  performed  by  the  arts 
and  the  methods  of  war.  This  is  an  example 
which  should  ever  be  kept  before  the  minds 
of  a  free  people  who  are  determined  to  remain 
free. 

There  is  no  higher  order  of  bravery  than 
that  courage  which  dares  to  do  right — which 
dares  to  do  the  right  even  when  the  right  is 
unpopular.      (Great   applause).     This    princi- 


ple may  be  well  taught  by  precept.  You  have 
taught  it  by  a  better  method — example.  In 
time  of  peace  you  have  considered  it  a  high 
honor  to  obey,  a  commendable  practice  to  sub- 
mit to  superior  authority,  and  have  made  live 
not  in  words  but  in  deeds  the  maxim  that 
"noble  as  it  is  to  die  for  one's  country,  it  is 
nobler  still  to  live  for  it." 

The  flower  of  the  young  manhood  of  the 
business  world  just  entering  into  an  active 
life  of  commerce  or  industry  or  professional 
work  for  the  purpose  of  living  usefully  or  pur- 
suing a  bread-winning  occupation  is  taught  by 
your  one  hundred  years  of  example,  the  prin- 
ciples of  exalted  patriotism  which  keep  the 
welfare  of  country  and  of  fellow-men  ever  be- 
fore their  eyes  as  a  noble  end  for  their  en- 
deavor. 

This  magnificent  city  of  which  we  are  so 
proud  is  steadily  rising  to  the  place  of  the  first 
position  in  the  world.  It  is  encountering  the 
most  perplexing  problems  of  municipal  con- 
struction, and  not  always  does  it  labor  in  joy, 
for  no  great  enterprise  can  ever  be  conducted 
without  the  earnest  solicitude  of  faithful  and 
intelligent  men.  Our  interest  in  its  welfare 
is  to  see  that  no  misstep  is  made  which  will 
lead  us  away  from  the  path  of  true  greatness. 
If  missteps  should  be  made  we  must  always 
be  courageous  enough  to  re-trace  our  steps 
and  return  to  the  right  path.  This  city  is 
destined  to  be  the  richest  city  in  the  world. 
It  is  destined  to  be  the  largest  and  most  pop- 
ulous in  the  world,  but  our  greatest  hope  and 
our  fondest  desire  is  that  history  shall  record 
it  to  be,  and  we  shall  live  to  see  it,  not  only  all 
this  but  more — the  best  and  the  freest  city  in 
the  world. 

We  form  the  landing  place  for  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  people,  who,  driven  by  adverse 
circumstances  or  the  operation  of  oppressive 
governments  from  the  lands  of  their  nativity 
come  to  these  shores  in  search  of  better  oppor- 
tunities here.  It  is  desirable  that  they  should 
come  to  us.  They  are  of  the  human  family — 
bone  of  our  bone — flesh  of  our  flesh.  We  wish 
to  see  them  escape  from  oppression  and  we 
heartily  welcome  them,  if  well  intentioned,  into 
this  land  of  opportunity.  The  development 
of  this  continent  will  give  them  all  enough  to 
do.  But  the  wrongs  which  they  have  suflfered 
for  centuries  have  left  their  impress  upon  them, 
and  they  must  be  made  to  understand  our  gov- 
ernment. They  must  be  taught  what  is  the 
meaning  of  free  American  institutions  and  true 
American  citizenship. 

Your  Regiment  and  similar  organizations 
have  done  such  work  well  in  the  past.  And 
your  practice  of  the  soldierly  virtues  of  disci- 
pline and  self-control,  submission  to  law  and 
obedience  to  authority  shall  teach   them  the 


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fundamental  characteristics  of  free  manhood. 
You  are  to  the  manner  born  and  you  know  the 
lesson  by  experience  and  inheritance.  Teach 
it  to  the  new  comers.  Renew  its  meaning  in 
the  hearts  of  all  your  fellow-citizens.  Such  an 
efifort  is  the  best  man  can  make  and  no  glory 
can  out-shine  that  which  will  settle  upon  your 
success  in  this.  That  will  be  work  indeed — for 
guardians  of  peace  and  preservers  of  public 
order.  It  will  add  to  the  lustre  of  the  name 
of  the  Seventh  Regiment  and  contribute  to 
the  advancement  of  our  city — it  will  make  more 
resplendent  still  the  emblem  of  the  Stars  and 
Stripes  which  we  cherish  as  our  fathers  did  be- 
fore us,  and  which  still  is  and  which  we  hope 
shall  ever  be  the  aegis  which  shall  protect  us 
and  our  children  and  after  us  their  children's 
children  forever." 


President  Finley  said: 
"The  remark  of  the  tired  and 
dier  (who  has  been  assigned  by  after-dinner 
historians  to  divers  regiments,  but  who  was  ac- 
tually a  member  of  the  Seventh  in  that  memor- 
able march  from  Annapolis  to  Washington)  — 
his  remark  that  he  loved  his  country,  that  he  was 
ready  to  fight  for  it,  bleed  for  it,  and  if  necessary 
die  for  it,  but  if  he  got  through  this  war  alive 
he'd  never  love  another  country,  expresses  very 
accurately  my  attitude  of  mind  toward  this  Regi- 


ment. I  am  ready  to  go  with  you  to  war  if  the 
country  needs  your  services,  to  share  your  last 
ration  with  you,  and  die  in  the  last  ditch  with 
you,  but  if  I  get  through  this  speech  alive,  I'll 
never  love  another  regiment — so  much. 

I've  just  been  reading  the  history  of  the  Sev- 
enth Regiment.  It  looks  like  Appleton's  "Cyclo- 
pedia of  American  Biography"  and  it  reads  like 
an  abriged  history  of  the  United  States  for  the 
last  century,  but  it  is  like  a  beautiful  pattern  of 
some  bright  color  repeating  itself  in  a  dull  tap- 
estry, for  it  is  the  story  of  a  body  of  men  who 
have  had  what  Justice  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes 
calls  a  "splendid  carelessness  for  life"  and  "di- 
vine folly  of  honor."  The  Regiment  is  defined 
in  the  dictionaries  as  the  largest  permanent  asso- 
ciation of  men  bearing  arms,  with  a  colonel  as 
its  highest  ofificer.  But  this  is  a  superficial  defin- 
ition. A  regiment,  such  as  this,  is  a  volunteer  in- 
surance company,  with  thought  only  of  the  honor 
of  the  life  of  the  insured  and  not  of  the  length  of 
it ;  an  association  for  the  prevention,  not  of  cruel- 
ty to  animals  or  children,  but  of  cowardice  in 
men,  an  institution  for  the  education  not  in  high- 
er learning  but  in  braver  living.  It  is  a  company 
of  Arthurian  Knights  and  this  is  the  Table 
Round. 

Now,  I  suppose  that  the  dictionary-makers 
will  not  accept  my  definition  as  a  substitute  in 
their  next  editions.    And  your  neighbors  will  say 


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these  men  are  not  knights ;  this  man  is  a  banker, 
this  a  lawyer,  this  an  editor  and  this  one  I  saw 
yesterday  morning  swinging  from  a  subway 
strap.  Not  long  ago  in  reading  some  reminis- 
cences of  the  Civil  War  I  came  upon  a  tribute 
paid  by  a  Confederate  General  to  one  of  our 
Northern  generals,  a  great  one-eyed  giant  from 
the  Northern  part  of  this  State.  The  description 
made  one  think  of  the  perfect  knight,  a  brave 
gallant  spirit  in  search  of  the  Grail.  But  I 
chanced  to  see  this  same  giant  knight  a  few  days 
later,  not  mounted  upon  a  gaily  caparisoned 
horse,  but  depositing  his  ticket  in  a  chopping 
box  at  one  of  the  Third  Avenue  Elevated  sta- 
tions. Yet  he  was  no  less  a  knight,  and  you 
are  by  avocation,  knights,  whatever  your 
vocations. 

But  I  am  asked  to  speak  very  briefly  of  the 
Regiment  as  an  educational  institution. 

In  quest  of  a  new  metaphor  by  which  to  make 
clear  the  meaning  of  education,  I  said  to  some 
New  York  teachers  a  few  days  ago  that  educa- 
tion was  the  science  or  art  of  human  gunnery ; 
the  course  of  training  or  study  being  the  gun, 
the  child  or  youth  the  projectile  and  the  teacher 
the  man  behind  the  gun.  And  it  is  a  fit  figure 
for  my  purposes  to-night. 

The  barbarian  in  his  warfare,  and  his  edu- 
cation also,  used  a  sling,  the  early  civilized  man 
a  catapult,  but  we  use  a  tube — a  "reeking  tube" 
as  Kipling  calls  it.  Now  there  may  be  many 
kinds  of  tubes  or  guns,  not  only  in  the  size,  in 
the  character  of  the  bore,  and  the  depth  .of  the 
barrel,  but  also  in  their  purpose  and  service. 
For  example,  the  common  school  is  the  edu- 
cational shotgim.  It  is  loaded  with  a  number  of 
little  projectiles  which  are  synchronously  shot 
often  toward  several  objects  or  ideals  instead  of 
one.  (One  of  our  most  discussed  subjects  at 
present  in  this  field  of  gunnery  is  whether  it  is 
better  to  make  the  charge  more  or  less  scatter- 
ing.) The  technical  and  professional  school  is 
the  pistol  or  the  rifle.  Its  aim  is  specific  and  must 
be  accurate  if  its  projectile  is  to  be  effective. 
With  a  shotgun  you  may  hit  what  you  are  not 
specifically  aiming  at.  With  a  rifle  if  you  do  not 
hit  what  you  are  aiming  at  your  shot  is  wasted. 
The  price  of  specialization  is  the  peril  of  miss- 
ing altogether.  The  college  curriculum  is  the 
cannon ;  it  carries  long  distances  and  is  often 
aimed  at  unseen  objects,  which  it  sometimes  hits. 

But  whatever  the  variety  of  gun  is,  you  will 
notice  that  it  is  a  tube,  something  that  gives  in- 
itial direction.  The  uneducated  man  is  one  who 
has  never  been  subject  to  the  restraints  of  a  tube 
He  is  like  a  rock  shot  up  by  a  blast:  he  may  go 
farther  and  "do  more  execution,"  but  you  can- 
not be  certain  where  he  will  fetch  up.  If  yo" 
con.'sult  the  target  book,  commonly  known  as 
"Who's  Who."  you  will  find  that  an  immenselv 
greater  number,  proportionatelv,  of  tubed  or  edu- 
cated men  are  collected  about  the  bull's  eve.    But 


the  tube  is  after  all  not  the  most  important  fac- 
tor. It  is  the  man  behind  it.  General  Gordon,  in 
his  reminiscences,  commenting  especially  upon 
the  awful  record  of  blood  at  Chickamauga,  said 
that  the  high  ratio  of  carnage  of  that  and  other 
battles  as  compared  with  the  loss  of  life  in  Euro- 
pean battles,  was  not  due  to  the  longer  range  of 
the  rifles  or  the  more  destructive  character  of 
the  implements  of  warfare,  but  to  the  personal 
character  and  the  consecrated  courage  of  the 
American  soldiers.  Northern  and  Southern.  He 
tells  elsewhere  of  a  Southern  stalwart  mountain- 
eer, who  in  the  thick  of  the  battle  of  Malvern 
Hill,  seeing  a  panic-stricken  rabbit  flying  in  ter- 
ror to  the  rear  through  a  gap  made  in  the  Con- 
federate lines  by  one  of  General  McClellan's 
big  guns,  displaying  its  white  flag  of  truce, 
shouted  so  that  his  voice  was  heard  above  the  din 
of  battle:  "Go'  it  Molly  Cottontail,  I  wish  I 
could  go  with  you."  And  one  of  his  comrades 
catching  up  the  refrain  added:  "Yes,  and  I'd  be 
going  too  if  it  wasn't  for  my  character."  Its  the 
character  and  courage  and  steadiness  of  the  men 
behind  the  tubes  that  are,  more  than  mere  cur- 
ricula, responsible  for  the  accurate  starting  of 
the  perverse  little  human  projectiles  toward  the 
mark  of  our  ideals  and  for  the  high  ratio  of 
efficiency  at  the  other  end  of  the  range,  though 
the  bullets  do  not  always  go  where  they  are 
sent.  It  is  perhaps  fortunately  so,  for  there  are 
not  enough  presidencies,  and  generalships,  and 
colonelcies  to  go  'round. 

I  was  shooting  a  few  days  ago  with  a  sub- 
target  gun.  I  pulled  the  trigger  and  at  the  other 
end  of  the  gim  a  needle  punctured  the  target 
telling  where  my  bullet  would  have  hit  it  if 
there  had  been  a  bullet.  But  a  human  bullet  is 
a  winged  thing.  There  are  incalculable  forces 
that  influence  it  after  it  leaves  the  muzzle  of  the 
tube ;  and  there  is  a  mysterious  force  within  itself 
that  may  defy  all  known  laws.  Yet  it  never 
wholly  gets  away  from  the  directional  potency 
of  the  tube  and  let  us  all  thank  our  teachers  to- 
night for  that. 

The  old  epic  with  which  we  became  familiar, 
some  of  us  at  least,  in  our  academic  days,  was 
the  song  of  "arms  and  the  man."  And  the  epic  of 
life  is  still  a  battle  song,  for  life  is  still  a  battle, 
a  struggle  toward  the  ideals.  And  success  in 
achieving  them,  in  hitting  the  mark,  is  not  to 
come  merely  from,  aiming  straight  at  them,  but 
from  gauging  the  wind  and  rpckoningf  with  the 
force  of  gravitation  and  all  that.  And  you  of 
the  Regiment  have  part  with  us  of  college  and 
school  in  this  noblest  of  art= — in  educating 
youth,  in  leading  them  forth  toward  the 
mark,  in  helping  to  overcome  the  baser  forces 
that  drag  a  proiected  spirit  down  and  bury  it  in 
the  dust  before  it  reaches  the  target :  of  adjusting 
the  sisfhts  so  thnt  the  wind  of  prejudice  and  whim 
will  not  carry  it  wide  of  the  mark.  How  you 
have  done  and  are  doing  this  I  need  not  here 


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try  to  say,  but  the  greatest  service  is  this,  that 
you  have  in  all  your  training  taught  first  of  all 
through  these  hundred  years  that,  there  is 
something  better  than  riches,  wisdom,  fame  or 

life  itself."  

The  banqueters  sang  "The  Soldier's  Fare- 
welV,"  a  chorus  of  2,400  strong,  and  then  John 
Jerome  Rooney,  Ex-Co.  A,  read  an  original 
poem: 

The  Citizen-Soldier 
I. 
Who  in  the  front  of  the  deadly  fight 
Bares  his  breast  for  the  cause  of  Right? 

The  gallant  citizen-soldier! 
Who,  when  the  air  is  thick  with  death, 
Heeds  not  the  message  the  bullet  saith 
Nor  fears  the  thundering  cannon's  breath? 

The  gallant  citizen-soldier — 
II. 
He  sees  the  threatening  ramparts  grow ; 
He  sees  the  glistening  lines  of  the  foe — 

The  gallant  citizen-soldier — 
And  nerving  his  arm,  as  a  soldier  can, 
With  a  heart  aglow  to  strike  in  the  van, 
He  strikes  for  his  country,  he  strikes  for  man — 

The  gallant  citizen-soldier! 
III. 
Where  the  invader  who  dares  appeal 
Against  our  fortress  of  living  steel? 

The  gallant  citizen-soldier! 
No  mighty  armies  we  vainly  boast 
To  guard  our  nation  from  coast  to  coast, 
For  the  tyrant  knows  that  Columbia's  host 

Is  her  gallant  citizen-soldier  I 

IV. 

And  well  he  knows  that  a  freeman  hath 
The  might  of  Freedom  to  arm  the  wrath 

Of  her  gallant  citizen-soldier! 
And  well  he  remembers  the  marvels  done — 
The  deathless  triumphs  for  Justice  won 
By  Grant  and  Jackson  and  Washington 

With  the  gallant  citizen-soldier! 

V. 

Yet.  not  in  the  thick  of  the  deadly  strife 
With  the  old-world  hunger  for  human  life 

Lives  our  g^allant  citizen-soldier. 
No!  sweeter  the  davs  when  wars  shall  cease, 
When  olentv  shall  wait  on  the  land's  increase 
And  Freedom  and  Honor  shall  march  in  peace 

With  the  gallant  citizen-soldier ! 


When  Mr.  Poonev  finished  his  noem.  Col.  Ao- 
pleton,  who  had  stood  erect  all  through  the 
speaking,  a  small  bugler  at  his  side,  stepped 
forward  on  the  dais,  and  made  a  short  talk, 

Somebodv  called  for  three  cheers  for  the 
Colon«>l.  and  the  P"-eqt  drill  hall  resounded  to 
the  blasts  of  sound. 

"Now,  Grev  Jackets.  I  do  not  have  to  tell 
you  what  I  think  of  you.  We  have  been  to- 
gether now  for  thirtv-five  years.  It  was  a 
happy  day  when  I  put  on  the  grey  jacket  and 


loved  my  comrades.  I  am  glad  to  be  placed  in 
a  position  where  I  can  tell  my  men,  God  bless 
you  all.  You  have  always  taken  your  duty 
seriously  and  performed  it  well. 

The  day  is  over  for  us.  Let  us  be  deter- 
mined that  we  will  carry  on  this  Regiment,  try- 
ing for  strict  discipline  as  we  have  in  the  past, 
always  remembering  our  civic  duties,  and  re- 
membering, too,  when  the  time  comes,  that  our 
military  duty  is  first. 

It  was  not  an  easy  task  to  bring  together 
this  great  assemblage  to-night,  and  I  want  to 
call  upon  the  Chairman  of  this  great  hard- 
working Committee  to  say  a  few  words. 

Now,  gentlemen,  we  will  hear  from  our 
hard-working  Chairman." 

Major  Charles  E.  Lydecker,  Chairman  of  the 
Comittee  of  Arrangements,  talked  for  a  few 
minutes,  thanking  the  men  of  the  Regiment  for 
their  services  in  making  the  Centennial  Cele- 
bration a  go.  The  men  of  the  Seventh  cheered 
the  Major  with  the  ripping,  rushing  siss-s-s 
boom-m-m  ah-h-h  cheer  of  the  Seventh. 

Major  Lydecker  said : 

"Comrades :  I  know  that  you  do  not  care  to 
hear  many  words,  but  this  great  opportunity 
that  is  given  to  me  I  must  embrace,  with 
knowledge  that  whatever  appreciation  there  is 
for  the  success  of  our  celebration,  which  has 
been  shown  by  the  applause  for  the  head  of  the 
Committee,  is  only  an  expression  of  apprecia- 
tion of  what  each  one  of  the  fourteen  heads  of 
Committees  in  this  great  work  has  so  suc- 
cessfully accomplished.  I  have  to  express  my 
own  thanks  for  the  great  work  which  the  or- 
ganization of  these  committees  has  made  pos- 
sible. They  have  divided  our  work,  have  dec- 
orated and  embellished  the  Armory,  have  in- 
vited our  guests,  and  have  made  known  the  his- 
toric facts  connected  with  the  celebration. 

I  would  like  to  refer  briefly  to  the  fact  that 
our  invited  guests  were  unanimous  in  recog- 
nizing that  the  Centennial  was  something  of  a 
national  affair,  and  I  have  here  a  batch  of  res- 
ponses from  the  Governors  of  States,  the  Ad- 
jutants General  of  States,  from  the  Embassy  at 
London  and  the  Military  Attache  there,  and  from 
a  most  distinguished  body  of  English  officers 
who  were  made  well  acquainted  with  the  Regi- 
ment through  our  little  trip  last  year,  when  we 
went  over  to  shoot  with  the  Queen's  Westmin- 
sters, and  if  I  could  read  those  letters  to  you, 
you  would  see  how  broad  the  sympathy  of 
the  United  States  and  the  sympathy  of  the 
Uinited  Kingdom  is  for  the  work  that  you  have 
done  as  a  National  Guard  organization.  I  can- 
not do  it  now,  but  you  will  be  made  acquainted 
with  these  facts,  and  they  will  recompense  you 
for  all  the  sacrifices  that  you  may  make  in  your 
personal  lives  and  vocations  in  building  up 
this  great  organization. 


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Now,  gentlemen,  that  I  cannot  do  this,  and 
that  the  night  is  over,  I  again  express  for  my- 
self and  my  chiefs  of  Committees,  thanks  for 
your  appreciation  and  your  apparent  enjoyment 
to-night.  We  are  thankful  for  your  attend- 
ance, the  attendance  of  our  distinguished 
guests,  the  appreciation  the  Regiment  has  re- 
ceived in  their  speeches,  and  now  I  ask  you  all 
as  comrades  to  rise  and  sing  "Auld  Lang 
Syne'." 

The  guests  of  honor  on  the  dais  joined  hands 
and  swung  their  arms  to  the  rhythm  of  the 
song.  The  Secretary  of  War  furnished  the 
center  for  the  windup  demonstration. 

Before  the  Secretary,  Gen.  Grant  and  the 
others  could  descend  from  the  dais,  a  crowd  of 
Civil  War  Veterans  made  a  rush  for  them,  cheer- 
ing the  Secretary  and  the  General.  Then  they 
sang  a  song  composed  especially  for  th^  amuse- 
ment of  Gen.  Grant.  The  beginning  and  the 
end  of  this  ditty  and  the  betwixt  and  between 
of  it  was,  "We  fit  with  Grant  at  Vicksburg." 

Col.  Appleton  escorted  the  Secretary  of  War, 
Gen.  Grant  and  a  number  of  other  guests  to  his 

quarters  

The  Singing 

Between  each  toast  the  entire  assemblage 
joined  heartily  in  singing  songs  which  were 
printed  on  a  separate  folder  and  inclosed  in  the 
souvenir  menu.  A  large-sized  veteran's  pin  em- 
bossed in  red,  gold  and  blue  appeared  on  the 
front  page  of  the  songs.  The  list,  every  one  of 
which  was  sung,  comprised  the  following: 

The  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

America. 

Comrades,  Here  To-night  We  Meet. 

The  Battle  Cry  of  Freedom. 

Comrades  Touch  the  Elbow. 

Marching  Through  Georgia. 

Heidelberg. 

Annie  Laurie. 

The  Soldier's  Farewell. 

Auld  Lang  Syne. 

Guests  at  the  Banquet 

An  unusually  distinguished  array  of  guests 
were  present  at  the  banquet.  They  were  placed 
on  a  dais  extending  along  the  entire  south  side  of 
the  Armory.  In  front  of  them  were  the  great 
long  tables  extending  halfway  across  the  Armory, 
filled  with  veteran  and  active  members,  many  of 
them  being  among  the  city's  most  prominentmen 
in  social,  professional,  financial,  and  business 
matters. 

Those  sitting  on  the  dais  were : 
.    Col.  Daniel  Appleton,  7th  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Col.  William  G.  Bates,  71st  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Gen.  James  F.  Bell,  Chief  of  Staff,  U.  S.  A. 

Hon.    Cornelius   N.    Bliss,    President   Union 
League  Club. 

Commodore  Frederick  G.  Bourne. 
Gen.  Richard  N.  Bowerman,  of  Maryland. 


Maj.  Oliver  B.  Bridgman,  Squadron  A,  N.  Y. 

Lieutenant  Governor  M.  Linn  Bruce,  of  New 
York. 

Capt.  William  A.  Bryant,  Essex  Troop,  N. 
G.  N.  J. 

Brig.-Gen.  George  M.  Cole,  Adjutant  General 
of  Connecticut. 

Col.  William  C.  Church. 

Gen.  J.  W.  Clous,  U.  S.  A. 

Gen.  John  T.  Cutting. 

Corporation  Counsel  John  J.  Delany. 

Col.  Charles  A.  Denike,  loth  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Col.   Thomas   Dimond,   President  7th   Regt. 
Veteran  Ass'n. 

Col.  Edward  Duffy,  69th  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Capt.   Oscar  Erlandsen,   Signal   Corps,   N. 
G.  N.  Y. 

President  John  H.    Finley,   College   City  of 
New  York. 

Capt.  DeWitt  C.  Falls,  7th  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Maj.  Willard  C.  Fisk,  7th  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Capt.  John  R.  Foley,  Adj.  69th  Regt.,  N.  G. 
N.  Y. 

Commander  R.  P.  Forshew,  N.  M.  N.  Y. 

Maj.  Theodore  K.  Gibbs,  U.  S.  V. 

Capt.   Richard  H.   Greene,  Sec.  7th  Regt. 
War  Veterans. 

Brig.-Gen.    Frederick   D.    Grant,   U.    S.   A., 
Dept.  of  the  East. 

Richard  H.  Halsted,  Esq. 

Brig.-Gen.  Nelson  H.  Henry,  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral, N.  G.  N.  Y. 

Maj.  Henry  W.  Hovey,  24th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 

Lt.-Col.  R.  L.  Howze,  Commandant  Cadets, 
U.  S.  M.  A. 

Gen.  Henry  W.  Hubbell.  U.  S.  A. 

Col.  James  M.  Jarvis,  8th  Regt.,  N.  G.  N.  Y. 

Lt.-Col.  William  H.  Kipp,  7th  Regt,  N.  Y. 

Maj.  Charles  E.  Lydecker,  7th  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Gen.  E.  A.  McAlpin. 

Chaplain    William    E.    McCord,    7th    Regt., 
N.  Y. 

Comptroller  Herman  A.  Metz. 

Brig.-Gen.   Albert   L.    Mills,    Superintendent 
U.  S.  M.  A. 

Gen.  Edward  L.  Molineux. 

Col.  William  F.  Morris,  9th  Regt..  N.  Y. 

Lt.  John  F.  O'Ryan.  2d  Battery,  N.G.N.Y. 

Capt.  William  H.  Palmer,  7th  Regt. 

Gen.  Horace  Porter. 

N.  Taylor  Phillips,  Esq. 

Gen.  J.  Fred  Pierson. 

Capt.  Henry  S.  Rasquin,  3d  Battery,  N.  G. 
N.  Y.. 

Governor  Henrv  Roberts,  of  Connecticut. 

Lt.  J.  L.  Roberts,  U.  S.  A. 

Maj.-Gen.  Charles  F.  Roe,  N.  G.  N.  Y. 
>      Col.  William  P.  Roome. 

John  Jerome  Roonev,  Esq. 

Maj.  John  T.  Sadler,  3d  Battalion,  N.  G. 
N.  Y. 

Col.  Montgomer\-  Schuyler. 


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Capt.  Walter  G.  Schuyler,  7th  Regt. 

Gen.  Alexander  Shaler. 

Capt.  Elbert  O.  .Smith. 

Gen.  George  JMoore  Smith,  First  Brigade, 
N.  G.  N.  Y. 

Capt.  Merritt  Smith,  Squadron  A,  N.  G.  N.  Y. 

Maj.  Daniel  M.  Stimson,  M.  D. 

Melville  E.  Stone,  Esq. 

Secretary  of  War  William  H.  Taft. 

Lt.  Arthur  F.  Townsend,  Squadron  A,  N.  G. 
N.  Y. 

Maj.-Gen.  James  F.  Wade,  U.  S.  A.,  Divis- 
ion of  Atlantic. 

Capt.  John  P.  Wade,  U.  S.  A. 

Gen.  Samuel  M.  Welsh,  65th  Regt.,  N.  Y. 

Capt.  Louis  Wendel.  First  Battery,  N.  Y. 

William  H.  Wiley.  Pres.  7th  Regt.  War  Vets. 

Maj.  David  Wilson.  Second  Battery,  N.  Y. 

Capt.  William  M.  Wright,  U.  S.  A. 


The  Armory  Decorations 

The  decorations  of  the  immense  drill  shed, 
with  its  great  arches,  massive  piers  and  ex- 
panse of  blank  walls,  transformed,  for  the  time 
being,  into  a  magnificent  banquet  hall,  were 
so  complete  and  well  proportioned,  and  the 
general  efifect  so  artistic  and  harmonious  that 
analysis  and  detailed  description  but  poorly 
portray  the  picture. 

The  ceiling  of  the  Armory  was  canopied  with 
wide  streamers  of  white  and  gold,  depending 
in  sweeping  curves  from  the  highest  point,  be- 
tween the  roof  trusses,  down  to  the  top  of  the 
side  walls,  and  at  both  ends  of  the  building 
radiating  from  the  center  of  the  arch  to  cor- 
resnondine  noints  on  the  walls. 

Suspended  below  the  streamers,  at  symmetri- 
cal intervals  between  the  trusses,  were  mam- 
moth clusters  of  American  flags  draped  to  gilt 
tipped  spear-head  stafifs  radiating  from  centers 
in  immense  tulip  shaped  eflfects,  and  composed 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty,  large,  twelve  foot 
flags. 

On  the  side  walls,  completely  covering  the 
spaces  between  the  trusses,  were  hung  great 
thirty  foot  ensigns  in  pairs,  surmounted  by  a 
twelve  foot  frieze  of  stars  and  stripes,  and  on 
the  face  of  each  pier  great  groupings  of  silk 
banners,  shields  and  flags,  each  banner  bearing 
the  name  of  some  distinguished  hero  of  the 
Regiment,  and  the  battle  in  which  he  had  met 
his  death. 

On  the  southerly  side  of  the  hall  was  erected 
a  platform  one  hundred  and  seventy  feet  long, 
four  feet  high  and  sixteen  feet  in  depth,  on 
which  were  the  guests'  tables  and  speakers' 
rostrum.  The  front  of  the  stand  was  decorated 
with  a  continuous  and  undulating  drapery  of 
American  flags. 

The  back-ground  consisted  of  a  peri-style  of 
white  fluted  columns,  twelve  in  all.   imposed 


upon  massive  pedestals  and  surmounted  by- 
golden  capitals  above  each  of  which  was  placed 
a  trophy  cluster  of  silk  flags  stacked  in  United 
States  shields.  A  handsome  drapery  of  Ceru- 
lean blue  extended,  and  completely  filled  in  the 
spaces  from  column  to  column  in  recessed 
panel  effect.  At  the  center  was  the  sounding- 
board  of  pure  white,  over  the  center  of  which 
was  blazoned  in  gold  on  maroon  ground  of  cir- 
cular form,  the  Regimental  "7,"  flanked  by 
groupings  of  flags  of  corresponding  propor- 
tions. At  the  sides  of  the  sounding-board  on 
maroon  ground  appeared  in  gold,  the  numerals 
1 806- 1 906. 

The  band  stand,  situated  directly  opposite 
the  speakers'  rostrum  on  the  northerly  side, 
was  trimmed  with  a  deep  valence  of  stars  and 
stripes. 

The  decorations  of  the  great  blank  East  wall 
were  of  heroic  proportions.  At  the  centre  show- 
ed the  great  seal  of  the  United  States,  sur- 
rounded by  thirty  foot  flags  outspread  like 
eagles'  wings  fifty  feet  wide  and  sixty  feet 
high.  To  the  right  and  left  of  the  center  group 
were  smaller  clusters  composed  of  gonfalons 
flags  and  banners,  graduated  in  size  to  match 
the  dimensions  of  the  center  group,  and  the 
whole  admirably  proportioned  to  that  section 
of  the  hall. 

A  screen  fifteen  feet  high  and  extending 
across  the  hall,  was  suspended  for  the  purpose 
of  cutting  of¥  the  culinary  department.  Al- 
though erected  as  a  necessity,  the  screen  was 
skillfully  hung  with  blue  and  topped  with  a 
lambrequin  of  silken  flags,  and  made  an  effect- 
ive decorative  feature. 

The  fronts  of  the  balconies  were  hung  with 
garnet  silk  embroidered  plush,  with  deep  gold 
fringe,  serving  as  an  eiTective  background,  up- 
on which  were  placed  scores  of  clusters  of  silk 
American  flags,  attached  to  golden  spear-tip- 
ped staff^s  in  radiated  sun-burst  efi^ect.  and  be- 
tween which  at  both  ends  of  the  drill  hall,  great 
numerals  showed  the  dates  1-8-0-6;  1-9-0-6. 

Cut  flowers  and  potted  plants,  electric  lights, 
candelabrum  and  colored  shades  completed  the 
decoration  of  the  guests'  tables :  the  tables  in 
the  body  of  the  hall  were  covered  with  dog- 
wood and  apple  blossoms. 

As  a  frame  to  the  picture  the  color  and  bril- 
liancy of  the  decorative  effect  can  be  better 
imagined  than  described,  but  animated  as  it 
was  on  that  great  night  by  the  presence,  the 
action,  the  enthusiasm  of  twenty-five  hundred 
loyal  sons  of  the  Regiment,  and  its  distinguish- 
ed guests,  the  flashing  of  many  and  vari-color- 
ed  uniforms  representing  as  many  different 
organizations  in  which  graduates  of  the  Regi- 
ment are  now  serving,  the  picture  was  one  of 
resplendent  glory  and  beauty — which  will  ever 
live  in  the  memory  of  those  who  participated  in 
the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary. 


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ONE  OF  THE   MANY   STRIKING  DECORATIONS  ON     FIFTH   AVE. TIFFANY  &  CO.'S  BUILDING 


The  Celebration  Souvenir  Menu 

A  treasured  memento  of  the  Regiment's 
Centennial  Celebration  and  Banquet  is  the 
beautiful  souvenir  menu,  with  its  illustrated 
historical  sketch  prepared  by  Maj.  Charles 
E.  Lydecker,  Chairman  of  the  General  Com- 
mittee on  the  Celebration,  and  printed  in  a 
manner  creditable  to  the  "art  preservative  of 
all  arts."  Besides  the  four  cover  pages,  the 
book,  which  measures  8^  by  iOj4  inches,  con- 
tains twenty  pages  of  letter  press  and  half- 
tone illustrations :  there  is  an  external  protec- 
tive covering  of  satiny  rice  paper.  Next  to  the 
title  page  is  the  list  of  toasts  and  speakers  at 
the  banquet  and  the  programme  of  music  by 
the  ~th  Regt.  Band.  The  last  inside  page 
bears  the  list  of  officers  and  committeemen. 
The  historical  matter  describes  what  the  Regi- 


ment was  and  is,  and  enlightens  the  unin- 
formed on  its  code  of  ethics  and  ideals.  The 
])ictures  are  carefully  selected  to  represent  the 
Regiment's  history,  its  noted  commanders  and 
important  phases  of  its  life.  The  crowning 
glory  of  the  book  is  its  illuminated  covers, 
copied  from  drawings  in  colors  made  by  Adjt. 
D.  W.  C.  Falls,  the  front  cover  page  repre- 
senting a  soldier  of  the  period  of  the  formation 
of  the  first  four  companies  in  1806,  the  last 
cover  page  picturing  a  soldier  of  the  Seventh 
in  the  uniform  of  the  Regiment's  centennial 
year.  The  work  was  executed  by  the  Reed 
&  Barton  Co.,  under  the  supervision  of  Mr. 
Ambrose  S.  Arnold,  of  Co.  B. 

The  Book  of  the  Celebration — the  May  and 
June  issues  of  the  Gazette,  bound  in  grey  cloth, 
one  dollar. 


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Centennial    Celebration    Committees 

7TH  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.     Daniel  Appleton,  Colonel. 

Officers  and  Committeemen. 

Chairman,   Major   Charles   E.   Lydecker. 

Treasurer,    Capt.    Robert    McLean. 

Secretary,   Cpl.   rienry   B.   Heylman. 

Capt.  Richard  H.  Greene,  Chairman  War  Veterans. 

Col.  Thomas  Dimond,  President  Veterans. 

Field  and  Staff— Lt.  Col.  William  H.  Kipp,  Maj. 
Williard  C.  Fisk,  Chairman  House  and  Reception;  Capt. 
DeWitt  C.  Falls,  Capt.  Walter  G.  Schuyler,  Chairman 
Menu ;  Capt.  J.  Weston  Myers,  Chairman  Food  and 
Supply;  Capt.  William  H.  Palmer,  Lt.  C.  Otto  Tous- 
saint,  Lt.  William  F.  Wall. 

Non-Commissioned  Staff— Sgt.  Maj.  J.  F.  Daniell, 
Sgt.  Maj.  E.  S.  Coy,  Chairman  Screens,  Aisles,  Etc.; 
Sgt.  Maj.  B.  W.  Wenman,  Sgt.  W.  L.  Jaques,  Sgt. 
George  L.  Humphrey. 

Co.  K — Capt.  Robert  McLean,  Chairman  Press ;  Lt. 
Thomas  Barron,  W.  W.  Hoppin,  Jr. ;  W.  A.  Hadden,  J. 
W.  W.  Struthers,  Acosta  'Nichols,  Howland  Pell,  F.  S. 
Pincus,  Graham  Smith. 

Co.  B — Capt.  James  E.  Schuyler,  Chairman  Floor ; 
Lt.  J.  R.  Stewart,  Chairman  Seating;  Lt.  William  M. 
Halsted,  Edmund  P.  Fowler,  E.  McK.  Froment,  F.  D. 
Clark,  Gen.  Alexander  Shaler,  Lt.  James  E.  Ware, 
William  D.  Leonard,  H.  S.  Kyle. 

Co.  G — 'Capt.  William  J.  Underwood,  Chairman 
Music;  Lt.  H.  E.  Crall,  Lt.  M.  B.  Nesbitt,  James  A. 
Petrie,  John  J.  Bellman,  William  O.  Raymond,  Capt. 
Frank  M.  Drake,  Lt.  Robert  M.  Dunn,  J.  W.  ii.  Rock- 
well. 

Co.  C — Capt.  John  W.  McDougall,  Chairman  Invita- 
tions ;  Lt.  Nicholas  Engel,  G.  S.  Fobes,  William  H. 
Hoff^man,  Jr.;  H.  W.  Taylor,  Maj.  F.  R.  Lee,  H.  C. 
Meany,  Edward  McCoy. 

Co.  E — Capt.  John  A.  Davidson,  Chairman  Food  and 
Supply;  Lt.  Samuel  K.  Thomas,  Frank  M.  Knight, 
Charles  H.  Reisig,  Charles  F.  Porter,  Lt.  Austin  E. 
Pressinger,    Secretary    Veterans ;    William    E.    Strauch, 

Co.  A — Capt.  George  A.  Schastey,  Chairman  Plat- 
forms ;  Lt.  Lyman  O.  Fisk,  Lt.  H.  L.  Naisawald,  Fred- 
erick Gerst,  Frederick  O'Byrne.  Emil  Palmenberg,  James 
A.  Swinnerton,  Howard  W.  Charles,  T.  Vietor. 

Company  D — ^Capt.  Robert  Mazet,  Chairman  Speak- 
ers ;  Lt.  Burdett  Kipp,  Joseph  M.  Boyle,  Albert  W.  Mor- 
ley,  Jr. ;  Frederick  C.  Pollard,  Lt.  Frederick  H.  Clark, 
Edwin  W.  Orvis,  William  Poillon. 

Co.  I — Capt.  Benjamin  B.  McAlpin,  Chairman  In- 
signia ;  Lt.  John  A.  LeBoutillier,  R.  K.  Potter,  Samuel 
D.  Folsom,  T.  H.  Gee,  Capt.  E.  G.  Arthur,  Lt.  H.  C. 
DuVal,  Lt.  H.  V.  Keep,  H.  H.  Holly. 

Co.  H — Capt.  Louis  J.  Joscelyn,  Chairman  Printing; 
Lt.  A.  M.  Pressinger,  S.  M.  Richardson,  George  E.  Bald- 
win, H.  L.  Butler,  Charles  Wylie,  Leigh  K.  Lydecker, 
Lt.  William  B.  Miles,  Lt.  J.  P.  Burrell,  Harry  Canfield. 

Co.  F — ^Capt.  Louis  W.  Stofesbury,  Chairman  Decora- 
tion; Lt.  W.  S.  Covell,  R.  W.  Millie,  J.  S.  Clark,  R.  H. 
Patton.  F.  M.  Crossett,  A.  V.  Pancoast,  R.  J.  Chatry, 
G.  D.  Pitman. 


Relics  on  View 

A  large  case  in  the  main  hall  near  the  Park 
Ave.  entrance  to  the  Armory  attracted  much  at- 
tention during  the  Centennial  festivities.  It  was 
filled  with  relics  of  the  early  days  of  the  Regi- 
ment. Among  the  extremely  interesting  contents 
were  the  original  muster  rolls  of  the  first  four 
companies. 


The  Waiters'  Strike 

The  waiters'  strike  was  an  annoying  inci- 
dent, but  fortimately  a  fiasco,  so  far  as  our 
guests  were  concerned,  as  few  among  the  2,- 
400  diners  knew  that  the  feast  nearly  came  to 
an  end  before  it  even  began.  The  waiters 
waited  until  it  was  too  late  to  get  substitutes 
and  then  made  their  demand  for  $3  apiece  in- 
stead of  $2. 

Reisenweber  had  the  contract  for  the  ban- 
quet, and  employed  250  waiters  in  addition  to 
100  from  the  restaurant's  regular  force.  It  was 
the  250  that  made  all  the  trouble.  After  the 
dinner  was  over  they  were  put  out  of  the 
Armory.  Then  they  got  angry  and  decided  to 
make  a  move  on  Reisenweber's  restaurant,  at 
Fifty-eighth  St.  and  Eighth  Ave. 

The  place  was  filled  with  diners,  many  of 
them  women,  when  the  waiters  marched  up  at 
about  10  o'clock.  It  was  like  a  siege.  The 
army  of  waiters  surrounded  the  restaurant  and 
many  of  them  peered  through  the  windows. 
Mr.  Wagner,  in  the  absence  of  General  Man- 
ager Fischer  at  the  Armory,  was  alarmed,  too. 

The  waiters  appointed  a  spokesman,  and  he 
went  in  to  interview  Mr.  Wagner.  The  de- 
mand was  made  that  the  men  be  paid  off  im- 
mediately, but  Mr.  Wagner  refused. 

"We  employed  you  through  agencies,"  he 
said,  "and  we'll  pay  the  agencies." 

The  spokesman  insisted,  but  the  manager 
was  obdurate.  When  the  crowd  outside  heard 
of  the  conversation  there  were  mutterings. 
Wagner  telephoned  Police  Headquarters,  and 
pretty  soon  reserves  from  the  West  Forty- 
seventh  St.  Station  were  hurrying  up  Eighth 
Ave.    This  display  dispersed  the  waiters. 

At  the  Armory  dinner  Mr.  Fischer  did  not 
know  there  was  anything  in  the  wind  until  it 
was  time  to  send  in  the  soup.  All  the  arrange- 
ments had  gone  on  smoothly.  The  leader  of 
the  strikers  approached  him. 

"We  want  more  money,"  he  said. 

"What?"  exclaimed  the  manager. 

"We  want  more  money,  and  we  are  going 
to  get  it  or  quit." 

"Quit !  You  can't  quit  now.  The  dinner  is 
just  about  to  begin." 

The  waiter  smiled  at  Mr.  Fischer's  failure  to 
grasp  the  situation. 

"We  can  quit — and  if  you  don't  raise  our  pay 
to  $3.00,  we'll  do  it." 

According  to  the  contract  each  waiter  was  to 
get  $2  for  his  services.  This  of  course,  did  not 
include  tips.  Mr.  Fischer  did  some  quick  think- 
ing. 

"I'll  give  you  the  $3.00,"  he  said. 

The  dinner  went  on.  The  guests  noticed  a 
slight  delay,  but  considered  it  nothing  to  be 
wondered  at.  The  excited  tones  back  of  the 
huge  curtain  at  the  east  end  of  the  Armory 


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were  thought  to  be  only  part  of  the  culinary 
processes.  Meanwhile  the  Regimental  officers 
had  heard  of  the  affair  and  were  making  plans. 

When  the  coffee  was  on  the  waiters  were 
told  to  go.  They  demurred.  Capt.  J.  Weston 
Myers  said  to  the  plain  clothes  men  from  the 
East  Sixty-seventh  St.  Station : 

"I  want  those  men  put  out." 

In  five  minutes  350  waiters,  surprised  and 
angry,  were  on  the  Lexington  Avenue  side- 
walk, looking  up  at  the  closed  doors  of  the 
Armory.  It  was  then  that  they  decided  to 
march  on  the  restaurant. 

MENU. 

Canape  favorite 

Mock  turtle  a  la  Francaise 

Cotelette  de  crabe,  Victoria 

Filet  de  boeuf  aux  champignons  frais 

Pommes  rissolees  Haricots  verts 

Sorbet  de  fantaisie 

Imperial  squab  au  cresson 

Glace  aux  fruits  Petits  fours 

Cafe 

G.  H.  Mumm  &  Co.'s  Selected  Brut 

White  Rock 


N  N  l/^'*-' 
SrATC  or  NE.WYORK  V'<^ 


THE    CENTENNIAL    MEDAL 


GENKKAL  GEOK(;E    MtXJRE    SMITH 

Veterans  Who   Paraded 
First   Division 

Brevet  Maj.-Gen.  George  Moore  Smith, 
commanding  First  Brigade,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  Mar- 
shal. 

Ex-members  of  the  7th  Regt.,  who  are  in  the 
regular  service  or  in  the  National  Guard  or  Naval 
Militia  of  New  York  or  any  other  State  and  en- 
titled to  wear  their  uniforms. 

Brigadier  General— Bird  W.  Spencer,  Inspector  Gen- 
eral of  Rifle  Practice,  N.  G.,  N.  J. 

Colonels— Geqrge  R.  Dyer  (K),  12th  Regt.,  'N.  G., 
N.  Y.;  William  G.  Bates  (K),  71st  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.; 
David  E.  Austin  (H),  13th  Regt.,  H.  A.  N.  G.,  N.  Y.; 
Charles  A.  Denike  (D),  loth  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  Henry 
W.  Freeman  (D),  ist  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  J.;  William  S. 
Righter  (G),  Supernumerary  N.  G..  'N.  Y.;  Eugene  K. 
Austin  (B),  Supernumerary  N.  G.,  N.  Y. 

Lieutenant  Colonels— Thomas  J.  O'Donohue  (G), 
A.  A.  G.,  First  Brigade,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  J.  Hollis  Wells 
(E),  71st  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  J.  Wray  Cleveland  (I), 
Inspector,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  Arthur  F.  Schermerhorn  (K), 
Supernumerary,  N.  G.,  'N.  Y. 

Majors— Henry  W.  Hovey,  24th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.; 
Harris  B.  Fisher  (K),  Q.  M.,  First  Brigade,  N.  G.,  N. 
Y. ;  Frederic  C.  Thomas  (I),  Commissary,  First  Bri- 
gade, N.  G,  N.  Y.;  Alfred  H.  Abeel  (K),  Inspector, 
First  Brigade,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  John  J.  Byrne  (H),  9th 
Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  Richard  H.  Laimbeer,  Jr.  (B), 
Judge  Advocate,  Second  Brigade,  N.  G.,  'N.  Y. ;  A.  J. 
Bleecker  (K).  71st  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  J.  Phillip  Ben- 
kard  (K),  12th  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  S.  Wood  McClave 
(D),  ist  Brigade.  N.  G.,  N.  J.;  David  Banks,  Jr.  (K), 
Supernumerary,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  John  R.  Hegeman,  Jr. 
(E),  I.  S.  A.  P.,  O.  O.,  First  Brigade.  N.  G.,  N.  Y. 

Captains— J.  Henry  Townsend  (H),  Asst.  Insp.,  ist 
Brigade,  N.  G,  N.  Y. ;  Charles  S.  Richards  (D),  Q.  M. 
I2th  Regt..  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  Arthur  W.  Little  (I),  A.  D. 
C.  First  Brigade,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  John  R.  Foley  (B), 
Adjutant  69th  Regt.,  N.  G,  N.  Y.;  William  A.  Bryant 
(H),  Essex  Troop,  N.  G,  N.  J.;  Charles  E.  Maxfield 
(F),  47th  Regt.,  N.G.,N.Y.;  Edward  O.  Power  (I),  12th 


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GENERAL    ALEXANDER    SHALER 


Regt,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  James  M.  Hutchinson  CK),  71st 
Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  Reginald  L.  Foster  (G),  12th  Regt., 
N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  Ernest  Steiger,  Jr.  (C),  8th  Regt.,  N.  G., 
N.  Y.;  Tohn  M.  Thompson  (B),  gth  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.; 
W.  Atwood  French  (A),  Supernumerary,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.j 
Floyd  E.  Baker  (F),  Supernumerary,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. 

First  Lieutenants — A.  Elliott  Ranney  (I),  Bat.  Adj. 
71st  Regt,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  Douglas  D.  Ritson  (H),  Bat. 
Adjt.  65th  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  Arthur  F.  Townsend 
(F),  Squadron  A,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  John  F.  O'Ryan  (G), 
2nd  Battery.  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  E.  T.  Phillips,  5th  Regt, 
N.  G..  N.  J.;  Rupert  Hughes  (F),  69th  Regt,  N.  G.,  N. 
Y.;  Julian  T.  Davies  (F),  lath  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.; 
Charles  J.  Imperatori  (I),  9th  Regt,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ; 
George  Perrine  (I),  Bat.  Adjt.  71st  Regt,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ; 
Paul  Loeser  (C),  8th  Regt,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  Jay  Zorn 
(D),  9th  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  Paul  A.  Potter,  M.  D. 
(F).  Battery  A,  Field  Artillery,  N.  G..  N.  J.;  E.  E. 
McGovern,  Naval  M..  N.  G.,  N.  J.;  Malcolm  Baxter, 
Jr.  (C),  A.  I.  S.  A.  P..  8th  Regt,  N.  G.,  N.  Y.;  Charles 
H.  Bell  (C),  Bat.  Q.  M.,  8t)h  Regt.,  N.  G.,  N.  Y. 

Second  Lieutenants — Thomas  R.  Fisher  (F),  12th 
Regt,  'N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  Julian  F.  Scott  (I),  r2th  Regt,  N. 
G.,  N.  Y. ;  John  C.  Gray  (H),  13th  Regt,  H.  A.,  N. 
G.,  N.  Y. ;  D.  McRae  Livingston  (K),  Supernumerary 
N.  G.,  N.  Y. ;  R<>bert  L.  Livingston  (K),  Supernumer- 
ary N.  G.,  N.  Y. 

Second  Division 

Maj.-Gen.    Alexander    Shaler,    Commanding. 

Hd'qrs  battle  flag,  Shaler's  Brigade,  Army  of  Po- 
tomac, 1st  Brig.,  3rd  Division,  6th  Corps,  Capt.  Richard 
S.  Alcoke,  color  bearer. 

Staff— Bvt  Lt.  Col.  William  P.  Roome,  A.  A.  G; 
Bvt  Brig.  Gen.  J.  Fred  Pierson,  A.  L  G. ;  Brig.  Gen. 
Henry  Wilson  Hubbell,  ordnance;  Bvt.  Maj.  William 
H.  Wiley,  A.  C.  G. ;  Capt.  Thomas  Franklin  Smith, 
surgeon;    Bvt.    Col.    Edgar   B.   Van    Winkle,   engineer; 

A.  D.  C. ;  Capt.  Henry  L  Hayden,  A.  D.  C;  v^apt. 
Richard  Henry  Greene.  A.  D.  C.  and  Sec.  Two  regi- 
mental flags,  1st  U.  S.  Chasseur  (65  N.Y.V.).  Bvt. 
Lt  Col.  C.  N.  Swift  and  S.  Maj.  G.  A.  Price,  color 
bearers. 


FIKST   DETACHMENT. 

Officers  U.  S.  A.,  U.  S.  N.  and  Volunteers  Civil  War. 
Bvt.  Maj.  Gen.  Edward  L.  Molineux,  Com-'ir-uding. 
H'dq'rs  battle  flag,  2nd  Brigade,  2nd  Division,  19th 
A.  C,  Capt.  Charles  E.  Heube.er,  color  bearer. 

Staff— Maj.  Richard  Allison,  Bvt  Maj.  Ivan  Tailof, 
Capt.  F.  M.  Kelley,  Lt.  Fritz  Robert;  two  regimental 
flags,  iS9th  N.  Y.  V.;  Bvt  Lt.  Col.  William  E.  Van 
Wyck  and  Capt.  George  T.  Cooke,  color  bearers;  two 
regimental  flags,  ist  N.  Y.  V.,  Bvt.  Lt.  Col.  S.  W.  Mc- 
Pherson  and  Col.  R.  W.  Leonard,  color  bearers. 

FIRST     SECTION CIVIL     WAR. 

Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  James  R.  O'Beirne. 
Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  Gilbert  H.  McKibbin,  Evt  Brig.  Gen. 
Joseph  J.  Morrison,  Col  Henry  L.  Pierson,  Col.  Charles 
Ledyard  Norton,  Maj.  Theodore  K.  Gibbs,  Bvt  Maj. 
David  F,  Wright,  Bvt.  Maj.  Charles  Graham  Bacon, 
Capt.  Edward  C.  Kittle,  Capt.  Thomas  W.  Pearsall, 
Capt.  H.  H.  Holbrook,  Capt.  Waldo  Sprague,  Capt 
Peter  B.  Steele, 

SECOND    SECTION CIVIL    \V.\R. 

Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  Sam  Bradford  Jones. 
A.  P.  M.  William  Lee  Darling,  Lt.  Robert  D.  Evans, 
Lt  William  H.  Bradshaw,  Lt.  Robert  O.  N.  Ford,  Lt 
Fred  H.  Pickney,  Lt  Edgar  Kirby,  Lt,  Gardiner  K. 
Doughty,  Sgt.  Maj.  E.  J.  Olessen,  Sgt.  G.  W.  Cowan, 
Sgt  Louis  W.  Gulager,  Cpl.  D.  M.  Doremus,  Cpl. 
Eugene  Bissell,  Cpl.  A.  S.  Doremus,  Sgt.  T.  G.  Thorne. 

SECOND  DIVISION — SECOND  DETACHMENT. 

U.  S.  Army,  Navy  and  Volunteers  War  with  Spain. 

Major  Henry  W.  Hovey,  U.  S.  A.,  Commanding. 

Staff— Capt.  Henry  Melville,  chief  A.  D.  C. ;  Capt. 
Wainwright  Parish,  A.  D.  C;  Lt.  Thomas  K.  Russell, 
A.  D.  C. 

FIRST    SECTION. 

Maj.  Schuyler  Schieffelin,  Capt.  J.  M.  Thompson, 
Capt.  Frederick  C.  Harriman,  Capt  Walter  F.  Smith, 
Capt.  G.  H.  Clarke,  Capt  P.  W.  Maguire,  Capt  Henry 
S.  Clark,  Capt.  James  Lynch,  Capt.  John  R.  Blake, 
Capt.  J.  Philip  Benkard,  Capt.  W.  A.  French,  ist  Lt 
H.  B.  Welch,  1st  Lt.  E.  R.  Richards  Lt.  Paul  R.  Towne. 

SECOND    DETACHMENT — SECOND    SECTION. 

Maj.  George  G.  Ward,  Jr.;  Maj.  Thomas  C.  Chalm- 
ers, Lt.  John  M.  Jones,  Lt.  Robert  Livingston,  Lt.  R.  S. 
Satterlee,  Lt.  C.  T.  Judson,  Lt.  John  E.  Roesser,  Lt.  B. 
V.  Curren,  Lt.  Maj.  W.  F.  Saportas,  Sgt.  W.  L.  Hazen, 
Cpl.  Franklin  H.  North,  Cpl.  James  Keri;. 

SECOND   DIVISION — THIRD   DETACHMENT. 

Maj.    Gen.   Richard   N.   Bowerman,   Maryland   Brifjade, 
'61 — '65.  Commanding. 

Seventh  Regiment  men  who  answered  the  call  of 
the  U.  S.  Government  1861,  1862,  1863. 

Staff— Capt.  Peter  Palmer,  Co.  B,  ist  Lt.  '61,  '62,  '63, 
A.  D.  C;  ist  Sgt.  Charles  W.  Clinton,  Co.  C,  '61,  '62, 
K.  1st  Sgt.  '63,  A.  D.  C. ;  Dr.  Stuyvesant  Morris,  Co. 
K,  '62,  '63. 

Section  Commanders :  Gen.  J.  V.  Meserole,  Co.  D, 
Sgt.  '61,  Col.  47th,  '62,  '63,  Brig.  Gen.;  ist  Lt.  Robert  S. 
Gould,  Co.  B,  '61,  '62,  '63;  Sgt.  Maj.  Richard  F.  Ware, 
Co.  B,  '61,  '62,  '63 ;  Hon.  E.  Henry  Lacombe,  Co.  K,  '62, 
'63 ;  Charles  A.  Schermerhorn,  Co.  G,  '62,  '63 ;  James  D. 
Trimble,  Co.  B,  '63 ;  Capt.  George  C.  Farrar,  Co.  K,  '61. 
Gen.  Jeremiah  V.   Meserole,  Co.  D,  '61,  Commanding. 

Edward  Earle,  Co.  D,  '61,  '62;  John  B.  Dumornt,  Co. 
D,  '63 ;  John  C.  Lefferts,  Co,  D,  '61 ;  William  L.  Nichols, 
Co.  D,  '61,  '62 ;  Thomas  R.  Peacock,  Co.  D,  '61 ;  August 
F.  Pendleton,  Co.  D,  '62,  '63;  William  Peake,  Co.  D, 
'63;  James  D.  Taylor,  Co.  D,  '61,  '62,  '63;  William  H. 
Terhune,  Co.  D,  '62,  '63;  W.  S.  Fielding,  Co.  D,  '61; 
C.  W.  Kane,  Co.  D,  '63 ;  Theodore  Hallett,  Co.  D,  '61. 
1st  Lt.  Robert  S.  Gould,  Co.  B,  '61,  '62,  '63.  Commanding. 

James  J.  Morrison,  Co.  B,  '61 ;  John  McKesson,  Co. 


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B,  '62,  '63;  I.  S.  Vanderbilt,  Co.  B,  '61;  Eugene  A. 
Cahill,  Co.  B,  '62;  William  H.  Jackson,  Co.  C,  '62,  '63; 
Henry  P.  Butler,  Co.  C,  '62;  W.  B.  Searles,  M.  D.,  Co. 
E,  '63;  E.  T.  Bragaw,  Co.  H,  '62;  Charles  D.  Allen,  Co. 
H,  '61,  '62,  '63 ;  Jonathan  Thome,  Co.  K,  '62,  '63 ;  James 
L.  Beyea,  M.  D.,  Co.  K,  '62;  Nelson  H.  Oakley,  Co.  C, 
'61,  '62. 

Sgt.    Maj.    Richard    F.    Ware,    Co.    B,    '61,    '62,    '63, 
Commanding. 

Lt.  H.  M.  Funston,  Co.  A,  '61,  '62,  '63;  Charles 
Banomin,  Co.  A,  '61 ;  I.  V.  Vandervoort,  Co.  B,  '61 ; 
Charles  L.  Hadley,  Co.  si,  '62,  '63;  Granville  B.  Smith, 
Co.  B,  '61;  Charles  H.  Lowi  rre,  Co.  B,  '63-.  Frank  A. 
Dajwes,  Co.  B,  '63;  George  W.  Street,  Co.  B,  '62;  George 
W.  Post,  Co.  E,  '62;  W.  P.  Howell,  Co.  H,  '61;  C.  R. 
Tyng,  Co.  I,  '62;  Capt.  Julius  F.  Simons,  Co.  F,  '63. 
Hon.  E.  H.  Lacombe,  Co.  K,  Judge  U.  S.  Cir.,  Ct., 
'62,  '63,  Commanding. 

John  H.  Swartz,  Co.  A,  '61 ;  Henry  P.  Stagg,  Co.  A, 
'61;  William  A.  Sharp,  Co.  A,  '61,  '62;  George  W. 
Wright,  Co.  B,  '63;  Stephen  W.  Codey,  Co.  B,  '61; 
John  Roome,  Co.  B,  '61,  '62;  James  W.  Miller,  Co.  B, 
'61,  '62;  Edward  S.  Crane,  Co.  G.,  '61,  '62,  63;  James  S. 
Burroughs,  Co.  G,  '63;  John  H.  Dunscomb,  Co.  G,  '61, 
'62,  '63;  George  W.  Marlor,  Co.  I,  '61,  '62;  HenTy  H. 
Wotherspoon,  Co.  K,  '61,  '62,  '63. 
Chas.  A.   Sdiermerhorn,  Co.  G,  '62,  '63,  Commanding. 

Cpl.  Henry  L.  Leach,  Co.  A,  '62,  '63;  Cpl.  Fred  G. 
Ageus,  Co.  B,  '61,  '62,  '63;  A.  Garrison.  Co.  B,  '61;  E. 

A.  Whitfield,  Co.  B,  '61,  '62;  D.  L.  H.  Ward,  Co.  B,  '63; 
John  B.  Franklyn,  Co.  E,  '61 ;  Charles  A.  Benedict,  Co. 
E,  '61 ;  E.  E.  Schermerhorn,  Co.  G,  '62,  '63 ;  Jarvs  C. 
Howard,  Co.  I,  '63;  Iva  L.  Beebe,  Co.  F,  '63;  G.  C. 
Ferris,  Co.  F,  '61 ;  Charles  H.  Leland,  Co.  K,  '61. 

James  Delmage  Trimball,  Co.  B,  '63,  Commanding. 
Washington  Brockner,  Co.  B,  '63;  O.  M.  Chace,  Co. 

B,  '61,  '62,  '63;  Richard  L.  Salisbury,  Co.  B,  '61,  '62, 
'63;  H.  W.  Smith,  Co.  E,  '62;  W.  R.  Potts,  Co.  G,  '62; 
Georee  W.  Smith,  Co.  H,  '61 ;  James  Benedict,  Co.  H, 
'63;  James  F.  Hayden,  Co.  G,  '61,  '62;  Silas  B.  Brownell, 
Co.  H,  '61 ;  Edward  Dart,  Co.  H,  '62 ;  Ca;-mon  Nichols, 
Co.  D,  '63;  Hiram  Schornmaker,  Co.  D,  '63. 

Capt.  George  C.  Farrar,  Co.  K,  '61,  Commanding. 
Horace  W.  Fuller,  Co.  K,  '61;  S.  V.  Mann,  Co.  K, 
'63;  Cpl.  Daniel  S.  Mapes,  Co.  E,  '61,  '62;  Henry  A. 
Smith,  Co.  E,  '62,  '63;  George  H.  Dailey,  Co.  E,  '6^; 
Edward  Beebe,  Co.  K,  '61,  '62;  B.  G.  Talbert,  Co.  C, 
'63;  William  Cockhill  Potts,  Co.  G,  '62;  J.  C.  Aiken, 
Co.  D,  '63;  Benjamin  Parr,  Co.  D,  '63;  Ezra  \J.  Bennett, 
Co.  C,  '63 ;  Foster  W.  Mabie,  Co.  H,  '61,  '52. 

Civil  War  officers,  52;  Spanish  war  officers,  31; 
Seventh's  service  men,  94.  Total  war  veterans  parad- 
ing, 177- 


Third  Division 
Col.  Thomas  Dimond,  President  of  the  7th 
Regt.  Veterans'  Association,  Marshal.  Mounted 
staff:  Gen.  E.  A.  McAlpin,  Lt.  Austin  E.  Pres- 
singer,  Cpl.  Edward  Schermerhorn,  August  Bel- 
mont, T.  J.  Oakley  Rhinelander,  and  Dr.  R.  N. 
Disbrovv.  Ex-Members  of  the  7th  Regt.  not 
parading  in  the  two  previous  Divisions.  The 
names  of  some  ex-members  are  included  who 
did  not  parade,  but  attended  the  banquet. 

COMPANY   A. 

Maj.  R.  Allison,  C.  M.  Amerman,  G.  C.  Arrowsmith, 
F.  P.  Bensel,  N.  Barbour.  R.  P.  Barron,  E.  T.  Ba'rrows, 
T.  R.  Barton,  L.  Bastable,  Lt.  C.  F.  Bement,  Lt.  W.  D. 
Bigelow,  E.  A.  Bliss,  W.  R.  Bostwick,  C.  Borrowson, 
J.  Bruyn,  W.  G.  Bumsted,  L.  Burt,  E.  F.  Byrne,  E.  T. 
Butler,  H.  A.  G.  Barth,  T.  G.  Barry,  Maj.  L.  H.  Broome, 


GENERAL  EDWARD  L.   MOLINEUX 

T.  H.  Burchell,  R.  F.  Cartwright,  Jr. ;  W.  Chalmers,  M. 
H.  Chase,  H.  W.  Charles,  C.  H.  Clayton,  T.  J.  Coe,  H. 
W.  Comegys,  T.  J.  Conroy,  G.  D.  Cook,  W.  T.  Conville, 
A.  C.  Cazalar,  T.  Corcoran,  J.  H.  Croll,  Lt.  J.  R.  Cum- 
mings,  Lt.  B.  V.  Curnen,  R.  B.  Currie,  G.  W.  Cowen, 
Capt.  G.  F.  Cooke,  A.  C.  Chenoweth,  Remsen  Darlinsc, 
W.  H.  Dillon,  J.  Drevet,  F.  B.  Dixon,  N.  Doyle,  J.  W. 
Day. 

R.  W.  Elliott,  Lt.  R.  D.  Evans,  J.  V.  Freeman,  Lt. 
H.  M.  Funston,  J.  J.  Fabre,  J.  A.  Faye,  E.  Fenn,  H. 
Filson,  Lt.  H.  L.  Freeland,  W.  M.  Frame,  Capt.  W.  A. 
French,  C.  A.  Frank,  J.  J.  Gordon,  E.  W.  Gould,  W.  S. 
Inglis,  F.  W.  Janssen,  Capt.  H.  W.  Janssen,  Lt.  J.  L. 
Jordan,  J.  B.  Haskin,  Capt.  H.  I.  Hayden,  W.  G.  Happy, 
C.  W.  Henry,  Capt.  C.  E.  Heuberer,  J.  E.  Hill,  S.  M. 
Hook,  J.  J.  Healy,  F.  E.  Hume,  H.  S.  Hull, 
J.  T.  Hayden,  E.  F.  Jones,  Capt.  J.  E.  Kelley,  J.  T. 
Kirby,  H.  H.  Knox,  H.  L.  Leach,  Sr. ;  H.  L.  Leach,  Jr. ; 
R.  H.  Lockwood,  B.  C.  Lockwood.  W.  L.  Maher,  C.  F. 
March,  C.  H.  Mathews,  H.  C.  Mecklem,  Jr.;  F.  H. 
Meeder.  Lt.  J.  J.  McKenna,  Lt.  R.  McWilliam,  O. 
Mohle,  T.  Morrow,  T.  N.  Motley,  Lt.  W.  G.  Mazzarene, 

E.  J.  Murray,  J.  P.  Murray,  Capt.  P.  W.  Maguire,  C. 
W.  McKeon,  S.  P.  Murray,  F.  A.  Mackenzie. 

W.  K.  Norris,  H.  S.  Norris.  George  Oakley,  Charles 
Osborn,  R.  O'Byrne,  E.  T.  Palmenberg,  W.  A.  Paepke, 
R.  E.  Parraga,  R.  H.  Pelton,  G.  F.  Picken,  W.  P.  Pres- 
singer,  G.  C.  Parkinson,  I.  Radley,  Jr.;  F.  M.  Randall, 
A.  T.  Rode,  Lt.  L.  F.  J.  Rooney,  T.  M.  Stewart,  Jr.;  D. 
S.  Skinner,  R.  T.  Smith,  C.  W.  Spear,  W.  R.  Sproulls, 
J.  R.  Stanton,  F.  McM.  Stanton,  E.  J.  Selover,  A.  F. 
Stone,  A.  H.  Storer,  Brevt.  Lt.  Col.  C.  N.  Swift,  J.  A. 
Swinnerton,  W.  F.  Saportas,  H.  P.  Stagg,  G.  Silver, 
Capt.  C.  J.  Therriot,  J.  M.  Tallman,  J.  W.  Taylor,  L.  H. 
Thorn,  Lt.  P.  R.  Towne,  Capt.  J.  H,  Townsend,  W.  B. 
Tufts,  H.  W,  Underwood,  B.  C.  Van  Dyke,  L.  E. 
Vannier,  F.  C.  Van  Zandt,  Lt.  V.  W.  Voorhees,  A. 
Hoibart  Walton.  W.  E.  Ward.  F.  B.  Wilson,  Theodore 
Wilson,  W.  J.  Wells,  F.  C.  Wightman,  M.  Wooley,  O. 

F.  Wood,  A.  Andrew  Yost. 

COMPANY   B. 

Henry  F.  Aibeel,  Charles  L.  Acker.  Frederick  G. 
Agens,  E.  A.  Allen.  C.  Henry  Arnold,  Col.  Eugene  K. 
Austin,  R.  R.  BelHngton,  H.  L.  Backus,  A.  C.  Bain- 


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GENERAL    RICHARD    N.    BOWERMAN 

bridge,  F.  C.  Barlow,  J.  F.  Baudouine,  C.  M.  Benedi'ot, 
Louis  Bertachman,  Lt.  ii.  V.  D.  Blacl:,  John  V.  Black, 
Wallace  Black,  Franklin  Black,  T.  J.  Blank,  W.  R. 
Bostwick,  Charles  F.  Bradbury,  D.  J.  Burtis,  J.  H.  Bar- 
tholomew, F.  A.  K.  Bryan,  G.  M.  Barretto,  K.  W.  Bible, 
John  C.  Bloomfield,  E.  R.  Brevoort,  C.  M.  Benedict, 
Washington  Brockner,  Charles  H.  Brigham,  Charles  F. 
Burhaus,  Charles  F.  Bostwick,  W.  R.  Bostwick,  Lt. 
Owen  W.  Beach,  Eugene  C.  Cahill,  W.  C.  Camp,  T. 
Cas'sebeer,  O.  M.  Chase,  Capt.  George  H.  Clark,  Tohn 
H.  Clark,  F.  J.  Clarkson,  Charles  A.  Cone,  Fred 
H.  Cone,  Richard  C.  Conner,  Charles  P.  Cocks, 
R.  C.  Corner,  Lt.  George  H.  Clark,  James  W. 
Clarke,  William  Cunningham,  J.  H.  Clark,  William  H. 
Crane,  Rev.  F.  M.  Cutter,  G.  H.  Crawford,  W.  L. 
Darling,  Frank  A.  Dawes,  C.  L.  Drumtnond,  Col.  Frank 
E.  Davidson,  Maj.  Clarence  H.  Eagle,  E.  Nelson  Ehr- 
hart,  G.  E.  Fountain,  J.  Willis  Fitzgerald,  Charles  S. 
Ganbert,  Charles  P.  Geddes,  A.  Gerry,  E.  W.  P.  Glas- 
scre,  Lt.  John  C.  Griffin,  Francis  Gottsiberger,  Lt.  Robert 
E.  Gould,  Edward  L.  Gridley,  Abram  Garrison,  Charles 
E.  Halsted,  J.  E.  Hasler,  Fred  E.  Hairland,  J.  B.  Have- 
land,  Capt.  W.  L.  Hazen,  A.  E.  Heazt,  Edwin  D. 
Hewitt,  Maj.  Henry  W.  Hovey,  S.  T.  Hubbard,  H.  M. 
Halsted,  W.  C.  Hubbard,  George  B.  Hayes,  Charles  L. 
Hadley,  C.  V.  V.  Hurd,  W.  P.  Jones,  Lt.  J.  M.  Jones, 
C.  Y.  Judson.  J.  E.  Jenkins,  Joseph  J.  Kellinger,  W. 
M.  Kennard,  Maj.  Frank  Keck,  R.  F.  Kennellie,  W.  C. 
B.  Kemp,  Harry  B.  Kyle,  William  D.  Leonard,  Warren 
A.  Leonard,  Maj.  R.  H.  Laumbeer,  Charles  H.  Lowerre, 
R.  T.  Lyon,  Frank  A.  Lent,  G.  McDougall,  Frank  W. 
McDougall,  F.  B.  McKay,  W.  B.  Mabie,  Charles  A. 
Maxfield,  Capt.  Henry  Melville,  Charles  B.  Meyer, 
Allen  T.  Miner,  Maj.  Gen.  E.  L.  Molineux,  James  J. 
Morrison,  J.  W.  Miller,  Harry  D.  Miles,  John  B.  Marie, 
George  G.  Milne,  P.  H.  Many,  Frank  B.  McGay,  C.  L. 
McClave,  Charles  Lee  Myers,  William  P.  Mankin, 
George  L.  Nelson,  R.  D.  Neeson,  Lt.  H.  M.  Nesbitt, 
Capt.  Peter  Palmer,  M.  C.  Patterson,  Dr.  Charles  G. 
Pease,  William  J.  Phillips,  C.  H.  Plump,  George  D. 
Pond,  Fred  A.  Potts,  Dr.  N.  M.  Pattison,  George  H. 
Richards,  James  Reardan,  C.  E.  Roach,  Lt.  J.  E. 
Roeser,  Girard  Romaine,  John  W.  Rootne,  John  N. 
Ryan,  F.  C.  Ryder,  A.  P.  Riker,  Ross  C.  Randolph, 
Gladstone  K.  Rodgers,  Richard  L.  Salesbury,  Maj.  Gen. 


Alexander  Shaler,  W.  E.  Stanly,  Frank  A.  Shepard,  L. 
B.  Sherman,  R.  P.  Sherman,  Frank  Smith,  Gen.  George 
Moore  Smith,  Granville  T.  Smilh,  T.  C.  Smith,  R.  C. 
Smith,  Robert  L  Smyth,  Lt.  E.  Sniffen,  C.  E.  Snedecor, 
William  C.  Spear,  E.  F.  Stone,  C.  A.  Stoneback,  E.  H. 
Stoneback,  H.  Louis  Street,  E.  F.  Striker,  R.  F.  Stac- 
poole,  James  R.  Sutton,  J.  Woolsey  Shepherd,  Douglass 
Taylor,  Frank  D.  Tausley.  W.  P.  Taylor,  Capt.  J.  M. 
Thompson,  J.  Delmage  Trimble,  Lt.  Paul  R.  Towne, 
David  Valentine,  A.  H.  Van  Buskirk,  J.  V.  W.  Vander- 
voort,  John  C.  Vedder,  Isaac  Vanderbilt,  Maj.  George 
G.  Ward,  M.  D. ;  R.  F.  Ware,  James  E.  Ware,  Anderson 
Waydell,  William  Weiss,  James  F.  Wenman,  James  W. 
Wenman,  J.  H.  Wray,  J.  N.  Wright,  Gaylord  B.  White, 
Frank  C.  Wright,  Lt.  H.  B.  Welsh,  Joseph  C.  Williams, 
E.  A.  Whitfield,  George  H.  Wright,  George  L.  Wilson, 
Fred  A.  Wane,  E.  L.  Young,  W.  D.  Youmans,  William 
J.  Yates,  Capt.  A.  C.  Zabriskie. 

COMPANY  C. 

Lt.  John  Amory,  Fred  T.  Alder,  Rufus  Adams, 
Thomas  W.  Ball,  Dr.  John  C.  Barron,  John  W.  Butler, 
Charles  P.  Britton,  Lt.  M.  Baxter,  Jr. ;  Charles  H.  Bell, 
John  J.  Brogan,  Jr. ;  Louis  Bender,  Henry  P.  Butler, 
E.  W.  Bennett,  Lt.  B.  A.  Boughan,  William  Broadhurst, 
T.  Fred  Clowes,  J.  W.  Carter,  Capt.  C.  H.  Covell,  Lt. 
A.  S.  Chatfield,  Hewitt  Coburn,  Jr. ;  H.  P.  Carrington, 
Lt.  M.  Crane. 

George  L.  Doty,  L  S.  Douglas,  L.  L.  Drake,  Henry 
Dunkak,  John  P.  Dunn,  James  H.  Davidson,  H.  F.  De 
Groot,  Frederick  L.  De  Grann,  James  S.  Drinker, 
Charles  F.  French,  John  J.  Finnell,  B.  T.  Fairchild, 
Clinton  Foster,  William  H.  Foster,  L.  A.  Fish,  S.  W. 
Fairchild,  W.  B.  Gruly,  R.  H.  Goffe,  Jr.;  John  Gillies. 
J.  W.  Halstead,  William  E.  Hoxie,  Halsey  Hazleton, 
William  H.  Heisser,  Henry  Hesse,  Jr. ;  H.  M.  Hancock, 
A.  M.  Hearn,  Charles  E.  Hanselt,  M.  L.  Hadley,  A.  L. 
Heyer,  Val  Heyerdah,  Benjamin  F.  Hillery,  W.  A. 
Hearn,  W.  H.  Jackson,  Thomas  Jeflferson,  F.  C. 
Knowles,  James  C.  Knox,  Lt.  James  H.  Lee,  Lt.  Paul 
Loeser,  Maj.  R.  Frederick  Lee,  Harry  S.  Lyons. 

George  F.  Morschhauser,  Louis  G.  W.  A.  Meurer, 
William  M.  Marston,  Lt.  W.  H.  Massey,  Lt.  Addison 
McDougall,  Joseph  McKee,  H.  C.  Meany,  William  P. 
Merritt,  Edward  McCoy,  Gen.  C.  H.  McKibbin,  T.  R. 
McNeil,  H.  E.  McLewee,  Charles  A.  Maurice,  John  J. 
McCrum,  Otto  Meurer,  Edward  J.  McNicol,  R.  B. 
Moneypenny,  Capt.  John  W.  Murray,  R.  G.  'Neidlinger, 
W.  H.  Oliver,  E.  Osterholt,  N.  H.  Oakley,  F.  W.  Pope. 
I.  R.  Pierson,  Capt.  Qon  Alonzo  Pollard,  R.  C.  Rath- 
bone,  James  J.  Reid,  Clarence  L.  Smith,  J.  Siegel,  Will- 
iam R.  Pettigrew,  Charles  R.  Shaw,  A.  L.  Smidt,  John 
W.  Peck,  J.  B.  Simpson,  George  Schwegler,  William  H. 
Schwegler,  H.  W.  Squires,  Thomas  Franklin  Smith, 
M.  D. ;  Thomas  D.  Scoble,  Capt.  E.  Steiger,  Jr. ;  W.  H. 
Shaw,  Jr. ;  A.  T.  Swanson,  Conrad  Stein,  E.  Twyef- 
fort,  B.  G.  Talbert,  Henry  F.  Tiedemann,  Nelson  D. 
Thomson,  Hugh  B.  Thomson,  John  P.  Thornton,  John 
Unger,  Jr. ;  George  D.  Vail,  Col.  William  E.  Van  Wyck, 
James  H.  Walden,  W.  J.  Wilson,  W.  B.  Wilson,  Maj. 
David  F.  Wright,  Vincent  M.  Youmans. 

COMPANY   D. 

K.  J.  Adams,  J.  Q.  Adams,  J.  C.  Aiken,  C.  R.  Beeck- 
man,  J.  Bain,  C.  C.  Beard.  F.  K.  Blanchard,  C.  Bonynge, 
T.  H.  Beeckman,  Jose  Chaves,  Lt.  F.  H.  Clark,  F.  A. 
Colt,  E.  M.  Conger,  L.  C.  Connolly,  Capt.  H.  D. 
Cooper,  W.  F.  Crane,  R.  W.  Crothers,  B.  K.  Curtis,  F. 
T.  Curtis,  T.  E.  D.  Darlin,  W.  A.  Darling,  Jr.;  A. 
Demorest,  Col.  Charles  A.  Denike,  F.  J.  Dessoir,  Lt.  C. 
T.  Dillingham,  J.  B.  Dumont,  F.  P.  Duryea,  Capt.  Ed- 
ward Earle,  M.  H.  Elliott,  R.  B.  Elliott,  H.  C.  Ely,  G. 
H.  Floto,  Col.  H.  W.  Freeman,  Q.  A.  Gardiner,  William 
Gaston,  Charles  E.  Goodhue,  Sgt.  Maj.  L.  W.  Gulager, 
S.  J.  Hall,  Theodore  Hallett,  W.  H.  HoUister,  J.  D. 
Hoflfmire,  J.  D.  Hopkins,  Jr. ;  E.  E.  Huber,  C.  W.  Kane, 


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A.  Keller,  R.  Kipp,  Col.  F.  K.  Kopper,  U.  Lang,  S.  P. 
Lasell,  W.  W.  Lee,  J.  C.  Lefferts,  H.  C.  Lima,  G.  B. 
Little,  H.  B.  Ludlum. 

A.  McClave,  John  McClave,  Lt.  Col.  S.  W.  McClave. 
Lt.  S.  \V.  McPherson,  J.  T.  MacDonald,  W.  H.  Mason, 
Gen.  J.  V.  Meserole,  C.  E.  Mitchell,  F.  K.  Moritz,  G.  B. 
Morton,  Lt.  O.  Mussiman,  W.  R.  Miller,  G.  iL  Maicas, 

C.  Nichols,  S.  R.  Nichols,  W.  L.  Nichols,  W.  F.  Nichol, 
F.  H.  North,  C.  C.  Orcutt,  E.  W.  Orvis,  B.  Parr,  T.  R, 
Peacock,  W.  Peake,  F.  Pei.xotto,  A.  F.  Pendleton,  W. 
T.  Peterson.  J.  E.  Piaget,  W.  M.  Phillips,  F.  W. 
Pohle,  R.  M.  Pohle,  H.  C.  Poillon,  William  Poillon, 
W.  C.  Poillon,  J.  E.  Poillon,  C.  C.  Reed,  E.  V.  Reed, 
Lt.  E.  R.  Richards,  W.  F.  Robertson,  A.  D.  Rockwell, 
W.  C.  Roe,  A.  J.  Saalfield,  E.  E.  Sanborn,  J.  Schawel, 
L.  C.  Scheibe,  H.  Schoomaker,  R.  A.  Scott.  C.  D.  Shaw, 
S.  C.  Sherwood,  E.  H.  Smith.  P.  C.  Smith,  R.  A. 
Soich,  C.  L.  Stickney,  C.  H.  Swentzell,  J.  D.  Taylor, 
E.  F.  Terhune,  W.  H.  Terhune,  L.  T.  Thomell,  .•\.  C. 
Todd,  E.  Weidenfeld,  F.  N.  Whiteborne,  Lt.  J.  Zorn. 

COMPANY   E. 

John  W.  A.  Abell,  William  F.  Baker,  Capt.  Thomas 
Barrington,  W.  U.  Barry,  H.  V.  E.  Bell,  Jared  W.  Bell, 
Charles  A.  Benedict,  Aubrey  Bennett,  William  M. 
Bernard,  G.  D.  Borden,  Dr.  B.  M.  Briggs,  Herman 
Bruns,  Jr. ;  George  E.  Buckinham,  Thomas  L.  Camer- 
den,  O.  T.  Carpenter,  William  P.  Collins,  William  Call, 
Jr. ;  George  S.  DeLacy,  George  H.  Daily,  David  M. 
Doremus,  A.  S.  Doremus,  Hugh  Dazell,  Charles  W. 
Dean,  V.  R.  Delnoce,  Col.  J.  Frank  Dillont,  Paul  W. 
Doll,  William  J.  Ehrichs,  W.  P.  Elliott,  Robert  S. 
Ferguson,  Joseph  J.  Fox,  M.  L  Fox,  John  B.  Franklin, 
Robert  F.  Ferguson.  L.  G.  Frankau,  O.  P.  Geoffroy, 
William  J.  Gilpin,  James  Gibson,  James  Gibson,  Jr. ; 
J.  L.  Godley,  Charles  C.  D.  Gott,  W.  A.  Grant,  William 
S.  Grav. 
William  P.  Halstead,  C.  A.  Hanson,  John  ^L  Hare.  L. 

E.  Harmon.  William  Hart,  Maj.  John  R.  Hegeman,  Jr.; 
James  Hopkins,  Charles  H.  Housley,  John   S.  Howell, 

F.  T.  Hubbell,  C.  G.  Howard,  Arthur  F.  Jackson,  Capt. 
S.  S.  Johnson,  William  A.  Jennings,  Samuel  A.  Kerr, 
Frank  Koch,  John  C.  Klein,  Samuel  Kneiser.  Percy  I. 
Lowd,  David  B.  Lester,  Herbert  W.  Martin,  Michael 
Martin,  Jr. ;  Howard  F.  Mead,  Gus.  P.  Macias,  Will- 
iam F.  McDonald,  Willis  McDonald,  Frank  McDonald, 
Andrew  McLean,  Lt.  Edward  E.  Magovern.  C.  R. 
Mabley,  John  D.  McEwen,  D.  S.  Mapes,  Brig.  Gen. 
J.  J.  Morrison,  Maj.  William  E.  C.  Mayer.  Charles  F. 
Moelich,  Edwin  W.  Moore,  Dr.  J.  B.  Meeker,  William 

D.  Moore,  Lt.  Albert  C.  McMillan,  A.  T.  Moore,  Lt. 
.Austin  E.  Pressinger,  George  A.  Price,  Ensign  Albert 
Plimpton.  George  W.  Post.  Her.rv  P.  Porter. 

Herbert  Renville.  Capt.  T.  J.  Roberts.  L.  S.  Rubira, 
Thomas  E.  Rice,  A.  E.  Rauch,  Lt.  Thomas  K.  Russell, 
F.  R.  Simonson,  H.  E.  Stevens,  Jr. ;  F.  W.  Seagrist. 
Jr.;  Alexander  M.  Simpson,  W.  E.  F.  Smith,  John  H. 
Sprague.  Jr. ;  William  E.  Strauch,  Henry  A.  Smith,  A. 
T.  Strauch,  Irving  M.  Shaw,  Dr.  W.  B.  Searles,  B.  H. 
Simonson,  Wilson  H.  Toll,  A.  J.  Thomas.  James  D. 
Thornton,  T.  G.  Thome,  John  N.  Topping,  W.  I. 
Turner,  H.  N.  Tiemann,  Thomas  J.  Taylor.  Oscar  D. 
Thees,  Edward  G.  Utz,  E.  F.  Walton,  Frederick  P. 
Wilkinson,  H.  E.  Williams.  Lt.  Park  J.  White,  Lt. 
W^alter  S.  Wilson,  Edward  S.  Wright.  J.  C.  Wohlfert, 
A.  E.  Wood,  George  C.  Whaley,  Lt.  Harry  E.  Fittell. 

COMPANY  F. 

J.  W.  Arthur,  H.  H.  Arthur,  William  H.  Allen, 
Charles  A.  Appleton.  E.  D.  Appleton,  George  E.  Adams, 
Gen.  Ira  L.  Beebe.  Stephen  R.  Buchan,  H.  R.  Brincker- 
hoff,  Lt.  Floyd  E.  Baker,  George  S.  Braid,  R.  P.  G. 
Bucklin.  Edward  D.  Bird.  William  H.  Brown.  Samuel 
Budd,  James  L.  Bull,  Charles  L.  Burnham,  William  H. 
Bull.  C.  B.  Coffin.  Edwin  I.  Connor.  Dr.  T.  C.  Chal- 
mers, Raymond  J.   Chatry,   E.   P.   Crissman,   Harr--   S. 


COLONEL   THOMAS   DIMOND 

Curtis,  Lloyd  Collis,  Edward  K.  Cook,  O.  L.  Domerich, 
William  J.  Dixon,  Russell  Dart,  C.  A.  Darling,  Horace 
H.  Dall,  Henry  E.  Davies,  F.  A.  Disbrow,  Jonathan 
Dwight,  Jr.;  Capt.  O.  E.  Dudley,  Frank  M.  Edwards, 
George  D.  Ebermeyer,  Martin  R.  Early,  N.  J.  H.  Edge. 
Homer  Foot,  Jr.;  Lt.  Robert  C.  Fisher,  George  A. 
Fournier,  Garwood  Ferris,  James  D.  Foot,  Andrew  E. 
Foye,  Philip  P.  Getty,  Kasson  C.  Gibson,  Augustus  G. 
Holbrook,  E.  H.  Hudson,  William  H.  Hampton,  Bedell 
H.  Harned,  Courtney  Hyde,  John  B.  Hibbard,  Frank  T. 
House,  Louis  H.  Hawley,  George  H.  Hallett,  Joseph 
H.  Hamson,  G.  K.  Harroun,  Jr.;  Capt.  W.  K.  Hitch- 
cock, H.  J.  Hendricks.  Frederick  Jacobson,  Joseph  H. 
Kehoe,  W.  F.  King,  Charles  N.  King,  Edward  Kamp, 
Charles  A.  Kolstede,  William  V.  Laurino,  H.  W. 
Lindsley,  Harvey  K.  Lines,  Capt.  C.  E.  Maxfield,  Louis 

A.  Miller,  J.  W.  Mason,  Joseph  P.  Meurer,  James  Muir, 
Fred  A.  Myers,  E.  E.  Mapes,  E.  Martin,  Jr. ;  A.  Morgan. 

Lt.  Charles  W.  Nichols,  Ernest  "Nichols,  Charles 
L.  Norton,  G.  G.  Nevers,  Frederick  M.  Pederson, 
Charles  Peck,  Frank  W.  Perkins,  R.  A.  Powers,  George 
D.  Pitman,  Frank  A.  Potter,  Capt.  Palmer  A.  Potter, 
Archer  V.  Pancoast,  J.  Floy  Quin,  A.  A.  H.  Rogers, 
William  S.   S.  Rowland,  W.  F.  Rogers,   Capt.   Morton 

B.  Stelle.  Edward  P.  Sperry,  Bradish  J.  Smith,  Junius 
H.  Stone,  John  W.  Surbrug,  Charles  F.  Seymour,  Julius 

F.  Simons,  J.  H.  Taylor,  Albert  V.  W.  Tallman, 
George  W.  Thatcher,  Charles  L.  Tallman,  Lanar  Van 
Syckel.  L.  W.  Valentine,  E.  Valentine,  William  R. 
Valentine,  Lt.  Thomas  C.  Wiswall,  William  R.  Ware, 
Joseph  S.  Woodhouse,  C.  O.  Woodhouse,  Jr.;  Frank 

G.  Ward. 

COMPAInY   G. 

G.  Irving  Abendroth,  James  J.  Alexander,  Capt. 
Richard  S.  Alcoke,  J.  B.  Black.  William  M.  Ballard, 
R.  M.  Backus.  Gen.  Richard  N.  Bowerman,  William  E. 
Bliss,  James  L.  Burroughs,  Eugene  Brirton,  Adna  G. 
Bowen.  Samuel  T.  Bailey,  William  S.  Burrell,  William 
M.  Clark,  Stephen  A.  Cooper,  Maj.  William  B. 
Coughtr>%  Edgar  R.  Carter,  B.  Danby  Darke,  Edgar 
Deal,  Capt.  Frank  W.  Drake,  J.  N.  Dunscomb,  Lt 
Robert  M.  Dunn,  E.  R.  Dunham,  Joseph  W.  Early,  W. 
■Nelson  Fdelsten.  John  B.  ElmendorfF,  Capt.  George  W. 
Ely,  E.  W.  Emery,  Alfred  D.  Emer\-.  Abney  L.  Ely, 
J.  Noble  Emley,  J.  P.  Felt,  Mahony  M.  J.  Fitz,  Capt 


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R.  L.  Foster,  George  A.  Fisher,  Henry  P.  Gardner, 
William  Gregory,  William  F.  Gorham,  Frank  B.  Gilles- 
pie, Marshall  W.  Green,  Frank  S.  Gardner,  Edward  H. 
Gouge,  C.  B.  Gudebrod,  J.  W.  Gross. 

Edward  D.  Hale,  E.  F.  Hallett,  William  M.  Harlan, 
A.  M.  Herron,  Joseph  Holland,  J.  F.  Harper,  Angus 
Hopkins,  William  A.  Hay,  Edmund  B.  Horton,  Edward 
K.  Hays,  James  N.  Higg'ns,  C  W.  Irving,  Chester  A. 
James,  Charles  H.  Jackson,  Jesse  F.  Jackson,  George  J. 
Jenkinson,  C.  L.  Jacquelin,  William  N.  Kukuck,  A. 
W.  Laurence,  Louis  Lawrence.  H.  B.  Lockwood,  Will- 
iam F.  Loss,  W.  B.  Lynch,  John  Laimbeer,  Jr. ;  Frank 
H.  Lockwood,  Oscar  M.  Marr,  J.  L.  Major,  Harry 
Major,  J.  D.  Meisereau,  George  G.  Moore,  William 
Moores,  H.  C.  Mabie,  C.  S.  McKune,  John  M.  Moe, 
Adna  N.  Miller,  Gen.  E.  A.  McAlpin,  Frederick  N. 
Maples,  W.  W.  Martin,  Thornton  N.  Nivens,  Lt.  Col. 
Thomas  O'Donohue,  Jr.;  F.  M.  Orton,  Lt.  John  F. 
O'Ryan,  Georce  F.  Parsons,  William  J.  Peck,  Fred 
H.  Pinckney,  George  W.  Pease,  Eugene  W.  Pratt,  Lt. 
Robert  M.  Phillips,  Lincoln  Pierce,  Charles  B.  Peck, 
C.  W.  Perley,  W.  Rockhill  Potts. 

J.  P.  M.  Richards,  J.  W.  R.  Rockwell,  William  N. 
Rockwood,  Col.  William  S.  Righter,  Porter  P.  Ransom, 
C.  A.  Schermerhorn,  Col.  G.  S.  Schermerhorn,  E.  E. 
Schermerhorn,  Milton  See,  Charles  E.  Suevilly,  George 
J.  Soutag,  C.  S.  Steele,  P.  C.  Sterling,  Gen.  George 
Moore  Smith,  Henry  J.  Sills,  M.  B.  Snevilly,  Henry  H. 
Spies,  William  M.  Stillwell,  R.  R.  Sherwood,  A.  E. 
Stratton,  George  F.  Spencer,  Arthur  F.  Timpson,  C.  N. 
Tucker,  Thomas  E.  Tripler,  Jr. ;  John  H.  Tripler, 
Herbert  W.  Todd,  Ambrose  G.  Todd,  John  Townsend, 
Joseph  H.  Townsend,  Jr. ;  George  R.  Turnbull,  Fred 
K.  Von  Schuckman,  Fenmore  C.  Vicat,  William  F. 
Van  Pelt,  W.  K.  Van  Meter,  Samuel  W.  Ward,  M.  D. ; 
George  A.  Weber,  George  C.  Wiepert,  Ernest  Wolff, 
Ephraim  M.  Youmans,  Edwin  S.  Young,  Ernest  W. 
Zentgraff. 

COMPANY   H. 

E.  B.  Adriance,  A.  C.  Allen,  C.  D.  Allen,  W.  H.  P. 
Bacon,  L.  E.  Bailey,  H.  H.  Barnes,  O.  G.  Barton,  J.  M. 
Belger,  James  Benedict,  E.  Bissell,  W.  H.  Bliss,  C.  A. 
Bloomfield,  P.  E.  Bogert,  S.  Borman,  Charles  C.  Boyle, 

E.  C.  Bragan,  A.  R.  Brasher,  Lt.  H.  A.  Brocas,  C.  DeH. 
Brower,  A.  R.  Bunnell,  W.  G.  Brown,  Capt.  W.  A. 
Bryant,  Jerome  Buck,  F.  C.  H.  Bull,  Lt.  James  P.  Bur- 
rell,  Maj.  J.  J.  Byrne,  J.  E.  Camerden,  Harry  Canfield, 
Lt.  C.  S.  Clark,  George  Clark,  F.  C.  Collins,  J.  Corner, 
W.  M.  Comer,  William  G.  Coates,  Fred  H.  Crary,  G. 
W.  Cruttenden,  Edward  Dart,  C.  A.  Dean,  R.  Deming, 
T.  F.  DeVoe,  D.  O.  Davenport,  J.  H.  Dimond,  Col. 
Thomas  Dimond,  Stuart  L.  Duncan,  G.  E.  Dunscombe, 
L.  V.  Ennis,  A.  DeV.  Ferguson,  Haley  Fiske,  J.  H. 
Ford,  H.  O.  Ford,  W.  H.  Goodenow,  Charles  Gregory, 
H.  A.  Groesbeck,  Jr. ;  C.  F.  Grieshaber. 

T.  M.  Halsey,  W.  H.  Halstead,  J.  A.  Hays,  J.  P. 
Hayes.  Robert  Hewitt.  W.  J.  Higgs,  W.  A.  Hoe,  Maj. 
John  B.  Holland,  Robert  S.  Holt,  Jr.;  G.  W.  Hopkins, 
W.  P.  Howell,  Gen.  H.  W.  Hubbell,  L.  M.  Kurd,  M. 
A.  Husson,  A.  C.  Jackson.  T.  L.  Jaques.  S.  Judson. 
George  Karsh,  Percy  L.  Klock,  William  Keil,  William 
H.  Ketchum,  E.  R.  Lancaster,  E.  W.  Lancaster,  L 
Remsen  Lane.  F.  C.  Lawyer,  J.  LeBoutillier,  H.  M. 
Libby,  Lt.  George  S.  Loder,  Capt.  James  Lynch,  Will- 
iam B.  Leonard,  Foster  N.  Mabie,  F.  C.  Maston,  F. 
Martin,  L.  Martin.  Zeb.  Mayhew,  E.  C.  McCarter, 
W.  L.  G.  McGuire,  D.  A.  McLeod,  Lt.  William  B. 
Miles,  E.  M.  Miller,  M.  K.  Miller,  Capt.  Andrew  Mills, 

F.  H.  Moffett,  C.  L.  Mitchell,  G.  H.  L.  Morton.  A.  W. 
Morrell,  L.  C.  Mott,  Lt.  H.  A.  Murphy,  B.  C.  Mumford. 

E.  F.  Nevers,  E.  V.  Nevese,  Lt.  Edward  L.  Nicoll, 
Capt.  H.  O'Donohue,  R.  Olyphant,  George  F.  Pelham, 
John  Post,  S.  B.  Potter,  W.  B.  Randall.  George  H.  Ray- 
mond, George  Rogers,  F.  A.  Rooke.  William  H.  Sage. 
J.  W.  Salter,  E.  Scheitlin,  H.  C.  Senior,  J.  H.  Seymour. 

G.  A.  Shaw,  C.  C.  Simpson,  Gen.  Bird  W.   Spencer,  J. 


W.  Spencer,  W.  H.  Smith,  W.  E.  Starr,  Lt.  Malcolm 
Stuart.  G.  H.  Storm,  Lt.  J.  A.  Tackaberry,  H.  W.  Thed- 
ford,  P.  C.  Todd,  R.  D.  Todd,  Capt.  J.  H.  Henry  Town- 
send,  F.  E.  Triacca,  L.  E.  Turk,  S.  H.  Valentine,  Lt. 
W.  H.  Van  Kleeck,  Jr. ;  Zelah  Van  Loan,  Stanley  Van 
'Note,  D.  A.  Van  Vleet,  A.  P.  Voislawsky,  S.  H.  Walker, 
1.  P.  Walker,  A.  Wangler,  H.  S.  Wilson,  L.  M.  Wilson, 
Capt.  E.  J.  Winterroth,  A.  G.  Wood,  Capt.  James 
Wotherspoon. 

COMPANY  L 

Austin   ridams,  James   Adams,   Thomas   B.   Aldrich, 

E.  Hunt  Allen,  Jr.;  F.  F.  Ames,  J.  R.  Amidon,  Capt. 
Edward  G.  Arthur,  George  D.  Arthur,  A.  B.  Ashforth, 
C.  Graham  Bacon,  F.  S.  Bangs,  Henry  W.  Bangs,  Jr.; 

F.  C.  Benton,  George  W.  Belts,  L.  H.  Biglow,  Jr. ;  D. 
M.  Billings,  Charles  L.  Bininger,  Tilden  Blodgett,  Harry 
H.  Bottome,  C.  C.  Bourne,  D.  Brandreth,  William  J. 
Branique,  Silas  B.  Brower,  A.  O.  Browne,  William  M. 
Burns,  William  A.  Cable,  Brecendridge  Carroll,  Paul 
H.  Carter,  W.  F.  Catterfuld,  W.  H.  Clark,  Lt.  Daniel 
Chauncey.  Lawrence  W.  Clark,  Thomas  Clark,  Col.  J. 
Wray  Cleveland,  M.  H.  Close,  L.  G.  Cole,  Edward  K. 
Cone,  J.  D.  Condict,  Arthur  Coppell,  L.  L.  Coudert,  W. 

B.  Cowperthwait,  F.  G.  Cunningham. 

G.  F.  Dailey,  F.  M.  Dearborn,  E.  C.  Deniton,  Peter 
De  Witt,  W.  de  W.  Dimock,  Robert  N.  Disbrow,  George 

F.  Dominick,  H.  Blanchard  Dominick,  Joseph  Dowd, 
A.  N.  Dusenbury,  Capt.  H.  C.  DuVal,  Guy  DuVal,  W. 

C.  Ely,  C.  M.  Englis,  A.  A.  B.  Ettinger.  Thomas  R. 
Fisher.  H.  Qarence  Fisher,  Eugene  G.  Foster,  J.  Hege- 
man  Foster,  M.  L.  Fouquet,  J.  Edward  Frye,  G.  B. 
Germond,  H.  S.  Germond,  Lt.  George  H.  Gould,  Herbert 
Groesbeck.  William  Gray,  C.  R.  Griflfen.  John  D.  Griffin, 
J.  Frederick  Hahn,  A.  Mitchell  Hall,  H.  J.  Hall,  John 
A.  Hance.  Richard  Hanson,  H.  L.  Harding,  Capt.  James 
Thome  Harper,  E.  P.  Hatch,  2nd;  George  F.  Haw^ns, 
Harrison  Hebbard,  A.  Hebbard,  O.  B.  Hebert,  George 

G.  Heye,  G.  B.  Hodgman,  S.  T.  Hodgman,  H.  L.  Hotch- 
kiss,  Jr.;  J.  C.  Howard,  F.  N.  Howland,  Charles  H. 
Hoyt. 

Lt.  H.  V.  Keep,  A.  H.  Keep,  Jr. ;  C.  J.  Imperatori, 
F.  M.  Kelley,  L.  C.  Ketchum,  Charles  E.  King,  William 
A.  Kissam,  W.  H.  Langley,  R.  H.  Lawrence,  F.  P. 
Lindley,  Charles  Le  Boutillier,  Arthur  W.  Little,  Harry 

D.  Lockwood.  W.  A.  Lattimer,  Charles  S.  Lowther,  R. 
M.  Lyman,  H.  L.  McAllister.  F.  C.  McCormack,  Row- 
land McClave,  Isaac  McGay,  C.  S.  Martin,  C.  G.  Martin, 
James  Martin,  F.  R.  Masters,  Charles  W.  Miller,  F.  E. 
Merick,  M.  B.  Mirick,  G.  E.  Malleson,  Edward  L. 
Montgomery,  James  M.  Montgomery,  W.  E.  F.  Moore, 
Willis  M.  Moore,  C.  F.  Muller,  George  G.  Murray, 
John  Neilson,  A.  B.  Nichols,  Gen.  James  R.  O'Beime, 
Lt.  William  A.  O'Connor.  W.  G.  Owen. 

M.  C.  Palmer,  F.  A.  Pattison,  William  H.  Peckham, 
Charles  H.  Piatt,  Benjamin  Prince,  F.  A.  Plummer,  Lt 
George    Perrine,    Charles    L.    Phillips,    A.    L.    Phillips, 

E.  Ormond  Power,  John  A.  Power,  D.   C.   Preston,  F. 

D.  Preston,  George  R.  Preston.  W.  D.  Preston,  E.  A. 
Richard,  A.  E.  Ranney,  W,  G.  Richards,  N.  C.  Robbins. 
Lt.  John  L.  Roberts,  Jr. ;  Edward  D.  Rudderow,  Edward 

E.  Sage,  Arthur  B.  Satterlee,  D.  A.  Sayre,  Capt.  Ed- 
ward G.  Schermerhorn.  Alexander  J.  Sheldon.  Charles 
A.  Slosson,  F.  P.  Sperry,  E.  A.  Spitzka,  William  T. 
Stewart,  William  D.  Stewart,  Henry  C.  Swords,  Ivan 
Tailof,  I.  K.  Taylor.  William  E.  Tcfft.  Maj.  F.  C. 
Thomas.  Charles  P.  Tibbals.  Howard  Tingue.  W.  P. 
Trowbridge,  C.  Rockland  Tyng,  T.  Mitchell  Tyng,  N. 
Wyckoff  Vanderhoef,  H.  B.  Vanderhoef,  G.  W.  Van- 
derhoef,  Wyckoff  Vanderhoef,  W.  P.  M.  Van  Iderstine, 
Maj.  Qiarles  Elliott  Warren,  A.  L.  W'atkins,  Charles 
W.  Whitney.  TiiOmas  Williams,  Percy  Wisner,  Maj. 
William  H.  Wiley. 

COMPANY   K. 

Alfred  H.  Abeel,  John  H.  Abeel,  Roibert  H.  Allen, 
Edgar   S.   Auchincloss,  David  Banks,  Jr. ;   William   M. 


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Baldwin,  Bertram  H.  Borden,  Henry  Barclay,  Daniel 
Bacon,  Roderick  Barnes,  James  Lewis  Beyea,  Stephen 
H.  Brown,  A.  J.  Bleecker,  Edward  Beebe,  Hewlett 
Bush,  Frederic  Bull,  Charles  Badgley,  Elliot  S.  Bene- 
dict, J.  Philip  Benkard,  August  Belmont,  Edgar  R. 
Bossange,  Horace  J.  Brookes,  Charles  W.  Clinton, 
Gouverneur  M.  Carnochan,  Marshall  H.  Clyde,  Edwin 
P.  Collins,  Timothy  M.  Cheesman,  Pollen  Cabot,  Jr.; 
A.  W.  S.  Cochrane,  Henry  S.  Clark,  B.  Ogden  Chisolm, 
Murray  H.  Coggeshall,  George  E.  Chishold,  Donald  S. 
Cameron,  C.  Arthur  Comstock,  Charles  D.  Cleveland, 
Robert  L.  Clarkson,  William  G.  Clark,  Harry  E.  Chap- 
man, William  Moore  Carson,  George  P.  Day,  Chandler 
Davis,  Charles  F.  Dellinger,  George  B.  D^'  Forest,  Will- 
iam J.  De  Rivera,  Edward  F.  Du  Vivier,  John  B.  Duer, 
Harris  B.  Fisher,  Cleveland  Foot,  Nathaniel  C.  Fisher, 
William  Henry  Francis,  Horace  W.  Fuller,  Samuel  Froth- 
ingham.  Charles  F.  Frothingham,  Charles  Greer,  R.ich- 
ard  H.  Greene,  Alliston  Greene,  Lorenzo  M.  Gillet, 
George  N.  Gardiner,  Jr. ;  John  P.  Gilford,  Francis  G. 
Gorham,  George  M.  Gray. 

Robert  C.  Hill,  Henry  W.  Hodge,  Henry  Ellis  Hart, 
Alonzo  G.  Hagedorn,  Adolf  G.  Hagedorn,  Gaston 
Hardy,  Charles  R.  Henderson,  Dudley  Hall,  John  G. 
How,  William  M.  Hollins,  Harry  S.  Howard,  H.  H. 
Holbrook,  Ernest  Iselin,  William  E.  Iselin, 
Tracy  Johnson,  Rutger  B.  Jewett,  William  H. 
Janes,  Bben  Jackson,  Henrv  E.  Janes,  Edward  C. 
Jameson.  Herbert  Jacquelin,  Walter  Kobbe,  Charles  P. 
Kirkland,  Eugene  T.  Kirkland,  Wilson  Lloyd,  Louis  E. 
Leflferts,  Edward  Lambert,  Edward  S.  Lentilhon,  Judge 
E.  H.  Lacombe,  Charles  H.  Leland,  D.  McRae  Living- 
ston, Emlen  Lawrence,  Frederick  G.  C.  Lyon,  Robert 
E.  Livingston,  Philip  L.  Livingston,  Robert  G.  Mead, 
S.  Vernon  Mann,  Lawrence  W.  Miller,  John  A.  Mor- 
ton, Russel  Murray,  Stuyvesant  F.  Morris,  Walter  S. 
Mills,  W.  Fellows  Morgan,  Charles  Moran,  Edward 
Merritt,  Irving  McKesson,  Acosta  Nichols,  Rudolph 
Neeser,  F.  Courtney  Newcom'be.  Charles  W.  Ogden, 
Henry  T.  E.  Oakley,  J.  Kensett  Olyphant,  Frederick  S. 
Pinkus,  Howland  Pell,  William  C.  Pate,  Louis  J. 
Phelps,  Stephen  Peabody,  Albracht  Pagenstecher,  Jr.; 
Herbert  Parsons,  Rudolph  F.  Purdy,  Thomas  W.  Pear- 
sail,  Gen.  J.  Frederick  Pierson,  Col.  Henry  L.  Pierson, 
William  B.  Potts,  Henry  Parish,  Jr. 

T.  J.  Oakley  Rhinelander,  William  Robison,  Fritz  A. 
Robert,  Charles  L.  Riker,  Robert  Struthers,  jr.;  Clar- 
ence Storm,  Joseph  S.  Stout,  Jr.;  Andrew  V.  Stout, 
Schuyler  Scheffelin,  Louis  G.  Smith,  Edward  H.  H. 
Simmons,  F.  Augustus  Schermerhom,  William  Rhine- 
lander  Stewart,  James  R.  Smith,  Irvin  A.  Sprague, 
Charles  Stillman,  George  W.  Seamen,  Robert  Swan, 
Richard  S.  Satterlee,  Francis  G  Stewart.  Fritz  Leopold 
bchmidt.  Francis  Le  Roy  Satterlee,  Jr. ;  henry  L.  Slade, 
James  H.  W.  Strong,  Edward  Trenchard,  Herbert  C. 
Taylor,  Alfred  E.  Toussaint,  Charles  W.  Turner,  John- 
athon  Thome,  J.  Metcalfe  Thomas,  Paul  Tuckerman, 
Charles  A.  Tomes,  Guy  Van  Amringe,  William  G.  Ver 
Planck,  Herman  K.  Viele,  Cortlandt  S.  Van  Rensselaer, 
Frederic  Van  Lennep,  Edgar  B.  Van  Winkle,  Stephen 
G.  Williams,  Charles  F.  Wiebusch,  Henry  H.  Wether- 
spoon,  Charles  L.  Waterbury,  Perry  P.  Williams,  Balir 
S.  Williams,  J.  Morgan  Wing,  Arthur  S.  Walcott, 
George  B.  Watts,  Franklin  M.  Warner,  Grenville  B. 
Winthrop,  Charles  H.  Wainwright,  William  P.  Wain- 
wright,  Jr.;  Oliver  Wade,  Charks  Wisner. 


Among  the  great  number  of  congratulatory 
and  appreciatory  letters,  cablegrams  and  tele- 
grams received  by  Col.  Appleton  and  Maj.  Ly- 
decker  before  and  after  the  Centennial  Celebra- 
tion were  the  following: 

The  only  living  Ex-Colonel  of  the  Regiment, 
Andrew  A.  Bremner,  who  was  Colonel,  1845-49, 


COL.    .\NDKIiW    .\.    URE.MXER 

and  is  now  over  ninety  years  of  age,  wrote  from 
414  Grand  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  19,  1906: 
"My  Dear  Col.  Appleton  : 

"I  have  read  with  great  interest  the  circulars  sent  to 
me  describincr  the  proposed  celebration  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  our  Regiment, 
and  I  congratulate  you  unon  the  high  and  enviable  posi- 
tion you  are  holding  on  this  important  occasion,  with  the 
united  love  and  esteem  of  the  members  of  the  Regi- 
ment, new  and  old. 

"We  have  great  pleasure  in  knowing  that  the  Regi- 
ment has,  by  its  constant  loyalty  and  fidelity  to  duty, 
made  a  record  that  has  fulfilled  the  purpose  and  intent 
of  the  State  in  creating  it.  The  history  of  the  Regi- 
ment for  one  hundred  years  is  now  complete,  and  is 
certainly  one  to  be  proud  of  by  those  who  made  it. 

"I  greatlv  regret  my  inability,  from  lack  of  strength, 
to  be  with  you  and  take  an  active  part  in  the  celebration 
of  this  event;  but  I  still  remember  with  much  freshness 
and  pleasure  the  years  I  spent  in  the  organization,  and 
tihe  many  courtesies  shown  me  then  and  since. 

"It  is  a  great  satisfaction  to  me  to  feel  the  history 
of  the  Regiment  is  safe  in  the  care  of  one  so  capable 
of  directing  its  future,  as  you  have  shown  yourself  to  be. 

"Please  accept,  Colonel,  for  yourself  and  for  all  the 
merrrbers  of  the  Regiment,  past  and  present,  my  hearty 
greeting  and  congratulations." 

The  Queen's  Westminister  Volunteers  cabled 
from  London,  England,  May  5th,   1906: 

"Queen's    Westminsters    send    hearty   greetings    and 

congratulations." 

Captain  Jacob  W.  Miller,  Naval  Militia,  N 
Y.,  telegraphed  from  Morristown,  N.  J.,  May 
5,  1906. 

"Only  pressing  engagement  here  prevents  me  from 
being  with  you  to-night.  What  an  example  the  Seventh 
has  given  us  I     Congratulations." 

Ex-Capt.  Francis  G.  Landon  Co.  I,  cabled 
from  Wien,  Germany,  May  5th,  1906 : 

"All  the  way  round,  skyrockets  to  Seventh,  from  a 
loving,  loyal  son." 


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from  Hurper'.  Wb«1  ly.  Copyright.  1899.  by  Harper  A  Brothers. 

MAJ.-GEN.    WILLIAM    A.     KOBBE 

Lt.-Com.  C.  B.  Brittain,  U.  S.  N.,  aide  to 
Admiral  Evans,  wrote  from  Guantanamo  Bay, 
Cuba,  April  17,  1906: 

"My  Dear  Col.  Appleton  : 

"Admiral  Evans  has  just  received  the  invitation  to  be 
present  at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  the  7th  Regt., 
N.  G.,  'N.  Y.,  on  May  S,  and  asks  me  to  thank  you  most 
sincerely  for  your  kindness  and  remembrance  of  him. 

"He  regrets  to  say  that  his  movements  with  the  fleet 
are  so  uncertain  that  he  does  not  feel  assured  of  b?ing 
able  to  be  in  New  York  at  the  date  set,  and  feels  that 
owing  to  the  doubt  about  it,  he  must  decline  the  very 
cordial  invitation,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  much  regret 
that  he  cannot  accept. 

"The  Admiral's  right  hand  is  laid  up  from  over- 
work, otherwise  he  would  write  you  himself.  He  re- 
quests me  to  say  that  he  remembers  most  clearly  the 
arrival  of  your  Regiment  at  Annapolis  when  he  was  a 
midshipman  there  at  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
that  his  admiration  for  it  then  was  such  as  to  impress 
him  in  a  way  he  never  will  forget,  and  that  with  these 
recollections  he  feels  all  the  more  regret  at  having  to 
miss  the  pleasure  that  seeing  the  celebration  would  give. 

"The  Admiral  begs  to  thank  you  personally,  and  to 
say  that  he  appreciates  both  the  honor  and  the  courtesy 
of  being  asked  to  be  present  at  such  an  auspicious  oc- 
casion." 

"Of  the  hundred  years'  service  of  the  Seventh  which 
you  are  to  celebrate.  I  have  been  a  personal  witness  to 
more  than  a  third.  During  the  thirty-eight  vears  through 
which  I  have  known  the  Reariment  from  the  poin':  of 
view  of  a  New  Yorker  there  has  not  been  one  when  we 
did  not  feel  safer  because  of  th  Seventh,  and  not  one 
when  it  was  not  an  honor  to  belong  to  it,  and  when  it 
was  not  counted  an  honor  to  the  city.  I  wish  I  could 
accept  your  invitation.  As  that  is  impossible,  I  send 
best  wishes  for  the  celebration  and  for  the  continued 
prosperity  of  the  Regiment." 

Hon.  Whitelaw  Reid. 

American  Embassy,  Londc;i,  April  18,  1906. 


"I  am  very  much  obliged  and  greatly  Mattered  by 
receiving  the  kind  invitation  of  Col.  Daniel  Appletoii 
and  the  committee  of  members  and  ex-members  of  the 
7th  Regt.,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  to  attend  the  exercises  of  the 
Centennial  Celebration  of  the  formation  ol  tjhe  original 
companies  of  the  Regiment,  on  Saturday,  May  5.  I 
only  wish  that  my  engagements  allowed  me  to  accept, 
but  unfortunately  this  is  impossible,  for  I  cannot  leave 
England  at  the  present  time.  I  should  have  enjoyed  so 
much  meeting  the  members  of  the  team  of  the  Regi- 
ment who  so  nearly  won  Sir  Howard  Vincent's  prize 
last  year,  and  who  would  have  done  so  had  luck  been  at 
all  on  their  side,  instead  of  dead  against  them.  I  often 
instance  the  team  as  a  pattern  of  what  volunteers  should 
be.  I  shall  be  much  obliged  if  vou  will  give  my  kindest 
remembrances  to  them.  Please  also  accept  my  best 
wishes  for  the  success  of  the  Regiment  and  of  its  cele- 
bration of  May  5. 

Ma  J.  Gen.  Alfred  E.  Turner. 
Carlyle  House,  Chelsea  Embankment,  April  19,  igo6. 

"I  have  only  just  returned  froin  an  inspection  tour 
in  South  Africa  to  find  your  very  kind  invitation  of 
March  6  awaiting  me.  It  is  with  great  regret  that  I 
find  myself  unable  to  avail  n.vself  of  it,  owinf  to  pres- 
sure of  duties,  otherwise  it  would  have  been  a  real 
pleasure  to  me  to  have  he  honor  of  attending ,  the 
centenary  celebration  of  the  7th  Regt.  of  National  Guard, 
and  to  renew  the  acquaintances  so  happily  begun  last 
year,  with  some  of  the  members  of  the  Regiment.  I 
beg  to  thank  you  for  the  honor  you  have  don;  me  in 
inviting  me  and  to  express  my  best  wishes  for  the  com- 
plete success  of  the  ceremony." 

Maj.  Gen.  Baden  Powell, 
Inspector  General  of  the  Forces. 

Horse  Guards,  Whitehall,    >.  W.,  April  2:,  1906. 

"I  am  much  gratified  not  to  be  overlooked  in  con- 
nection with  the  May  celebration,  and  especially  with 
your  personal  letter,  and  wish  to  have  me  present. 
Nothing  could  give  me  as  much  pleasure,  and  if  I  were 
as  near,  say  as  St.  Paul,  I  should  surely  join  you.  _  I 
have  always  been  very  proud  of  my  connection  with 
the  Regiment,  of  my  military  alma  mater,  of  my  honor- 
ary membershio.  and  I  have  invariably  worn  its  iron 
cross  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  insignia.  I  shall 
follow  the  accounts  of  the  Centennial  with  most  affec- 
tionate interest  and  with  unlimited  regrets  that  I  could 
not  take  part." 

Maj.  Gen.  W.  A.  KoBsfe, 
U.  S.  A.,  Retired.  Late  Pvt.  Co.  K,  7th  Regt.  N.  G.  N.  Y. 

San  Francisco,  March  30,  1906. 

"Please  accept  my  conprqtulations  and  permit  me  to 
express  the  hope  that  your  Regiment  will  enjoy  another 
century  of  glorious  achievement." 

Col.  George  C.  Fox, 
74th  Regt.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Col.  William  G.  Bates,  of  the  71st  Regt.,  N. 
G.  N.  Y.,  wrote  Col.  Appleton  under  date  of 
May  8,  1906: 

"Mv  Dear  Colonel : 

"I  cannot  refrain  from  writing  you  a  few  lines  about 
the  oarade  of  the  7th  Regt.  family  last  Saturday.  I 
think  it  was  the  most  impressive  thing  that  has  ever 
been  done  in  New  York.  The  spectacle  of  company 
after  company  of  prominent,  influential  and  substantial 
business  men  of  New  York  City  and  numberless  other 
places  in  the  United  States  gathering  together  and 
marching  up  the  avenue  to  show  their  love  and  affection 
for  the  old  regiment  was  one  of  the  most  inspiring 
things  that  I  have  ever  seen. 

"I  think  you  and  the  committees  who  brought  such 
a  splendid   result  about  are  to  be  most  heartily  con- 


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gratulated.  It  was  a  grand  thing,  of  course,  for  the 
7  Regt.,  but  above  that  I  think  it  was  a  splendid  thing 
'or  the  National  Guard  in  general,  as  showing  what  is 
possible  to  be  done  by  the  citizen  soldiers. 

"With   best   wishes    for   the   continued   success   and 
prosperity  of  your  Regiment,  believe  me, 
"Sincerely  yours, 

W.  G.  Bates." 

"There  is  no  chance  of  my  being  on  the  other  side 
of  the  pKmd  next  month,  so  I  cannot  have  the  pleasure 
of  accepting  your  kind  and  cordial  invitation  to  the 
Centennial  Celebration  of  the  foundation  of  your  fine 
Regiment."  Lt.  Gen.  George  H.  Moncrieff. 

Bournemouth,  April  i8,  1906. 

"My  best  wishes  are  with   you  all  and   I   pray  the 
standard  maintained  by  the  Regiment  during  the  past 
century  may  be  equalled  or  excelled  in  tne  next." 
Brig.   Gen.   Thomas   H.   Barry, 
Chief  of  Staff,  War  Department. 
Washington,  April  10,  1906. 

"My  personal  association  with  the  officers  of  the  7th 
Regt.,  has  been  most  delightful,  and  my  recollection  of 
their  hospitality  is  vivid. 

"There  is  no  on'e  w'ho  appreciat-3  more  haphly  .han 
I  do  the  great  work  that  has  been  done  by  the  7th 
Regt.  for  the  country,  and  I  congratulate  the  Regiment 
upon  the  celebration  of  its  Centennial." 

Brig.  Gen.  James  Allen, 
Chief  Signal  Officer,  War  Department. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  26,  1906. 

"I  regret  very  much  that  it  will  be  impossible  for 
me  to  accept  the  kind  invitation  of  Col.  Appleton  and 
members  of  the  7th  Regt.  to  attend  their  Centennial 
Celebration  on  Saturday  next.  Kindly  convey  to  Col. 
Appleton  and  the  members  of  the  Seventh  my  sincere 
thanks  for  the  compliment  paid  to  the  Canadian  Seventh 
in  inviting  me  to  take  part  in  this  celebration." 

Lt.  Col.  J.  W.  Little, 
Commanding  Seventh  Regiment. 

London,  Canada,  May  i,  1906. 

"The  services  rendered  by  the  Regiment,  its  charac- 
ter and  reputation  make  the  celebration  of  its  formation 
most  fitting — there  is  a  good  deal  of  substance  for  a 
basis.  With  good  wishes  for  the  future  of  the  Regi- 
ment." Ma  J.  Gen.  Thomas  H.  Rucrr.,  U.  S.  A. 

Stamford,  Conn.,  May  I,  1906. 

"I  am  just  in  receiot  of  a  valued  invitation  to 
attend  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  your  famous  Regi- 
ment, and  with  all  my  heart  I  wish  it  were  possible. 
Duties  hold  me  here,  but  I  shall  be  envying  every  man 
who  marches  with  you  Saturday  next.  It  is  thirty-five 
years  this  month  since,  as  an  invited  guest,  I  donned  a 
7th  Regt.  uniform  and  shouldered  a_  musket  with  the 
old  Eip'hth  Company  and  helped  receive  and  escort  the 
Twenty-third.    I  would  give  a  lot  to  do  it  again !" 

Brig.  Gen.  Charles  King,  U.  S.  V.  (Retired). 
Milwaukee,  May  2,  1906. 

"I  shall  be  with  you  in  spirit  if  not  in  person,  and 
am  as  ever  your  and  its  devoted  servant, 

Gen.  Louis  Fitzgerald. 
Miami,  Fla.,  April  22,  T906. 

"I  congratulate  the  Seventh  upon  its  Centennial  and 
wish  with  ali  my  heart  I  could  be  present  on  that  i..- 
teresting  occasion,  but  unfortunately  I  am  prevented 
by  an  imperative  engagement.  I  know  what  a  great 
evening  it  will  be,  and  beg  to  assure  you  of  my  deep 
personal  regret  in  not  being  able  to  participate  in  the 
occasion.  Will  you  please  give  my  cordial  greetings 
and  congratulations  to  the  men." 

Bishop  David  H.  Greer. 

Ex-Chaplain  7th  Regt. 

New  York,  April  9,  1906. 


BISHOP   DAVID    H.    GREER 
EX-CHAPLAIN  7TH    REGT. 

"We  have  received  a  newspaper  clipping  which  in- 
forms us  of  the  One  Hundredth  .\nniversary  of  the 
founding  of  the  7th  Regt.,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  and  recalling  at 
this  time  the  several  events  when  the  National  Lancers 
and  the  7th  Regt.  have  enjoyed  the  pleasure  of  fraternal 
association;  namely,  July  11,  1850:  Oct.  7,  1850;  May  12, 
185 1 ;  July  12,  1852;  June  17,  1857,  which  dates  are  kept 
by  us  in  pleasant  memory ;  the  National  Lancers  hereby 
extend  to  your  organization  their  congratulations  upon 
reaching  the  signal  station  indicating  a  century,  with 
the  hope  that  the  succeeding  years  may  be  as  full  of 
usefulness  with  honor  as  have  been  the  one  hundred 
that  have  gone,  and  may  life's  happiness  come  to  each 
of  your  command,  is  the  earnest  wish  of  every  Lancer. 

Charles  Waugh,  Clerk. 
National  Lancers,  Instituted  1836,  Boston,  May  3,  1906. 

"I  am  sure  this  will  be  a  very  enjoyable  occasion,  and 
take  this  opportunity  of  tendering  my  best  wishes  for 
the  continued  prosperity  of  the  7th,  and  hope  that  I 
may  be  fortunate  enough  to  be  able  to  attend  some 
future  function." 

Wm.   T.   McGurrin. 
Adjt..  Gen.  of  Michigan. 
Lansing,  Mich.,  Apr;l  27,  1906.  , 

"With  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  your  celebra- 
tion." E.  Y.  Sarles, 

Governor  of  North  Dakota. 
Yankton,  N.  D.,  April  26,  1906. 

Capt.  William  A.  Bryant,  ex-Co.  H,  of  the  Essex 
Troop,  N.  G.,  N.  J.,  wrote  from  Newark,  N.  J.,  June 
16,  1906: 

"It  was  an  affair  to  be  long  remembered ;  a  most  re- 
markalble  assemblage  of  the  'sandy'  men  of  New  York, 
everyone  of  them  proud  of  the  Regiment  and  of  its 
Colonel,  and  ready  at  any  time  to  rally  to  its  colors." 

"Brig.  Gen.  James  H.  Lloyd  regrets  that  he  will  be 
unable  to  be  present  at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  the 
7th  Regt.,  Saturday,  May  ■;,  as  was  his  intention,  owing 
to  matters  requiring  his  presence  in  this  city  on  that 
day,  and  desires  to  congratulate  Col.  Appleton  and  his 
excellent  command  on  their  hundred  years'  of  most 
brilliant  and  distinguished  service." 


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Headquarters,  Third  Brigade,  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  May  5,  1906. 

"I  regret  exceedingly  my  inability  to  be  preseiit  and 
pay  mv  respects  and  do  honor  to  an  organization  so 
long  and  rightfully  recognized  for  its  deeds  as  is  the 
New  York  Seventh.  The  count.y  at  large,  as  well  as 
the  State  of  New  York  owes  much  to  the  Seventh.  Its 
reputation  has  rendered  it  familiar  to  every  American 
who  knows  anything  of  the  history  of  the  United 
States.  Therefore  I  am  very  sorry  that  it  will  not  be 
practicable  for  me  to  attend  the  hundredth  anniversary 
of  the  formation  of  the  original  companies.  Receive, 
however,  for  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  your  or- 
ganization my  congratulations  and  felicitations  upon 
that  occasion."  George  C.  Pardee, 

Governor  of  California. 

San  Francisco,  April  17,  1906. 

"I  am  grateful  to  you  and  the  members  of  your  mag- 
nificent command  for  the  courtesy  which  you  do  me, 
and  in  reply  permit  me  to  say  that  I  know  of  no  mili- 
tary gathering  which  I  would  rather  attend  than  this 
celebration  of  the  immortal  Seventh;  not  only  because 
it  is  regarded  as  the  crack  volunteer  regiment  in  the 
Union,  but  for  the  further  fact  ;hat  I  have  had  kinsmen 
in  its  ranks.  While  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to 
attend,  yet  I  wish  to  express  to  you  and  the  members 
of  the  command  my  felicitations  and  best  wishes." 

Harvey    H.    Hannah, 

Adj.  Gen.  Tennessee. 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  April  26,  1506. 

From  the  Marshal  of  Our  War  Veterans 

"Headquarters  2d   Div.   Centennial   Celebra- 
tion War  Veterans  7th  Regt.  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  May 
7,   1906. 
"Circular  No.  4. 

"I.  The  Marshal  of  the  Second  Division  un- 
der Col.  and  Brt.  Brig.-Gen.  Daniel  Appleton, 
Grand  Marshal,  compliments  the  officers  and  men 
of  his  command  for  their  soldierly  appearance  on 
the  parade  of  the  5th  inst.,  forty  years  after  their 
discharge  from  the  U.  S.  service. 

II.  The  section  commanders  are  reminded 
to  make  prompt  report  of  the  names  and  service 
of  the  men  in  their  sections  on  the  parade  to 
23s  Central  Park  West,  New  York,  for  preser- 
vation and  possible  publication. 

"By  order  Ma j  .-Gen.  Alexander  Shaler,  Mar- 
shal;  Bvt.-Col.  Wm.  P.  Roome,  Adjt.-Gen.  and 
Chief  of  Staflf. 

"Official,  Richard  H.  Greene,  Capt.  and  A. 
D.  C,  235  Central  Park  West. 


Human  Targets  to  Rebel 

That  the  sharpshooters  testing  the  new 
United  States  magazine  rifles  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  hit  everything  but  the  targets  is  the  com- 
plaint of  residents  near  the  Government  range. 
As  the  squad  is  charged  with  testing  the  entire 
output  of  the  United  States  armory  in  that  city, 
and  the  guns  have  a  penetrating  range  of  five 
miles,  the  marksmanship  of  the  sharpshooters 
has  ceased  to  be  a  matter  of  humorous  comment. 
"We'll  hit  the  bull's-eye  oftener  when  we  get 
used  to  the  job,"  was  the  comforting  assurance 
of  a  sharpshooter  to  whom  a  complaint  was  made. 


AS  OTHERS   SAW  US 
The   "Sun's"   Story   of  the    Veterans'    Parade 

The  Sun's  old  adage,  "If  you  see  it  in  the 
Sun  it's  so,"  might  be  complemented  by,  "If  you 
see  it  in  The  Sun  it's  good,"  for  when  The  Sun's 
young  men  are  assigned  to  cover  a  news  story 
and  make  of  it  also  a  "special  story,"  these  dis- 
ciples of  the  late  Charles  A.  Dana  and  Charles 
Dickens,  cannot  be  beaten.  The  Sun's  report  on 
Sunday,  May  6,  of  the  Seventh's  Veterans  in 
their  parading,  banqueting  and  general  jubilation 
was  not  only  thorough,  but  its  descriptions  were 
graphic  and  the  Gazette  herewith  reproduces 
the  major  part  of  it : 

The  Seventh  Regiment  paraded  up  Fifth 
avenue  yesterday  afternoon  in  partial  celebration 
of  its  centennial.  Secretary  of  War,  William  H. 
Taft,  came  over  from  Washington  to  honor  the 
Seventh  as  reviewing  officer.  The  Secretary, 
with  Gen.  Fred.  D.  Grant  and  a  company  of  bril- 
liantly uniformed  regular  and  guardsmen  officers, 
reviewed  the  column  of  old  boys  and  young  from 
a  stand  erected  in  front  of  the  Union  League 
Club  at  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-ninth  St. 

Save  for  a  distressing  quarter  of  an  hour, 
just  at  the  time  the  Seventh's  veterans,  in  silk 
hats  and  frock  coats,  were  about  to  march  out  of 
the  new  Armory  of  the  Seventy-first  Regiment,  at 
Park  Avenue  and  Thirty-fourth  St.,  and  join  the 
Regiment  drawn  up  in  Fifth  Avenue,  the  after- 
noon was  brilliant  and  sunshiny,  ideal  for  a  mili- 
tary parade. 

During  that  quarter  of  an  hour  a  sudden 
thunderstorm  drenched  immaculate  uniforms, 
muddied  snowy  duck  trousers,  took  the  kink  out 
of  flowing  feathers  and  spoiled  tempers.  It  even 
dispersed  the  Seventh,  drawn  up  at  Fifth  Avenue 
and  Thirty-second  Street,  driving  the  men  from 
orderly  formation  and  sending  them  scrambling 
and  scurrying  to  the  shelter  of  doorways  and 
handy  trees.  Then  the  storm  passed  and  the  rest 
of  the  day  was  as  perfect  as  if  the  Seventh  had 
sent  weather  specifications  to  Mr.  Moore,  of 
Washington. 

Long  before  3  o'clock,  the  time  set  for  the 
assembling  of  the  Regiment  in  its  Armory,  at 
Park  Avenue  and  Sixty-Seventh  St.,  and  of  the 
former  members  in  the  Seventy-first's  new  house, 
Fifth  Avenue,  from  the  Waldorf-Astoria  to  the 
Yerkes  mansion  was  banked  solidly  with  a  holi- 
day crowd  keen  for  a  brilliant  show.  The  thun- 
der shower  broke  up  the  crowd  temporarily,  but 
quick  as  the  sun  came  again  there  was  a  ruslj 
for  good  places  on  the  sidewalks. 

Every  side  street  leading  into  Fifth  Ave. 
along  the  line  of  march  was  jammed  with  all 
sorts  of  vehicles  turned  into  observation  points. 
Even  the  old  stage  coaches,  which  halt  neither  for 
time  nor  tide,  were  diverted  from  their  course, 
and,  crowded  to  the  top,  backed  into  side  streets. 
Automobiles,  hansom  cabs,  coupes,  buggies,  road 


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coaches  and  English  carts  were  jammed  together. 
No  attempt  was  made  to  estimate  the  crowd,  but 
easily  100,000  persons  saw  the  show  along  the 
Avenue. 

By  3  o'clock  the  drill  room  of  the  Seventy- 
first's  Armory  was  humming  and  buzzing  with 
the  old  fellows  of  the  Seventh.  Great  placards 
marked  with  the  company  letters  were  placed 
along  the  walls  and  underneath  the  big  A's,  B's, 
C's  and  so  on,  the  veterans  collected.  Many  of 
them  had  come  from  distant  parts  of  the  country, 
some  even  from  as  far  as  Denver,  New  Orleans 
and  Chicago. 

Over  on  the  Thirty-fourth  St.  side  of  the 
drill  hall,  under  the  banner  of  the  War  Veterans, 
the  old  soldiers  squared  their  shoulders,  shook  the 
stiffness  out  of  their  legs  and  prepared  to  obey 
orders  from  the  commander  of  their  division, 
Maj.-Gen.  Alexander  Shaler.  Some  of  the  old 
men  held  aloft,  very  proudly,  the  tattered  battle 
flags  they  carried  more  than  forty  years  ago. 
Maj.-Gen.  Edward  L.  Molineux  waved  the  old 
banner  of  the  Second  Brigade  of  the  Nineteenth 
Army  Corps,  which  he  commanded  in  the  Civil 
War.  There  was  hardly  anything  left  of  the  old 
banner  save  a  blurred  "2"  and  a  hint  of  color. 
Capt.  Richard  S.  Alcoke,  who  lost  an  arm  at 
Fredericksburg,  waved  the  headquarters  flag  of 
the  Sixth  Army  Corps.  Many  of  the  flags,  worn 
transparent,  mere  shreds  of  faded  color,  bore 
marks  of  Winchester,  Antietam,  Chicamauga,  the 
Peninsular  campaign,  and  a  dozen  other  battles. 

Gen.  Molineux,  little,  brisk,  straight  and 
erect  as  a  young  lieutenant  of  regulars,  regarded 
the  war  veterans  very  proudly.  There  were 
forty-eight  of  them,  fully  a  dozen  over  eighty 
years  of  age,  not  a  man  less  than  sixty-five. 

"The  good  old  boys,"  said  Gen.  Molineux, 
"Watch  them  throw  back  their  shoulders  and 
forget  there  are  such  things  as  rheumatism  and 
gout.  Watch  them  get  out  and  keep  step  to  the 
band.  They'll  make  these  youngsters  step  lively, 
mark  me!" 

Clear  across  the  vast  space  of  the  Seventy- 
first's  drill  room  the  veterans  of  the  Spanish- 
Amercan  War  were  marshalling  under  their 
flags.  The  floor  was  a  shifting  panorama  of  bril- 
liant colors.  Officers  of  the  Seventh,  in  their 
blue,  gray  and  white  uniforms,  communicated 
Col.  Appleton's  orders  to  the  various  divisions. 
Squadron  A  men,  in  their  trappings  of  gold  and 
light  blue,  chin-chinned  with  regular  army  offi- 
cers in  their  full  dress  uniforms. 

In  one  of  the  groups  Col.  M.  Nevdon  khan 
Boyajian,  an  Armenian,  now  a  Colonel  in  the 
Persian  Army,  and  once  a  member  of  Co.  B,  of 
the  Seventh,  talked  with  his  old  drill  mates.  The 
Persian  Colonel's  uniform  was  picturesque  and 
distinctive.  He  wore  a  fez  of  black  lambswool, 
on  the  face  of  which  blazed  the  golden  lion  of 
Persia.  The  breast  of  his  blue  coat  glittered 
with  foreign  orders  and  sparkled  with  diamonds. 


The  red  stripe  of  his  light  blue  trousers  was 
three  inches  wide. 

In  another  part  of  the  hall  Capt.  A.  C.  Za- 
briskie,  in  the  uniform  of  the  Society  of  the 
War  of  1812,  furnished  a  different  touch 
to  the  picture.  In  the  center  of  the  hall 
the  band  of  the  Seventh  blared  out  military  airs 
which  set  the  old  boys'  feet  tapping. 

The  former  members  of  the  Seventh,  all  ex- 
cept those  that  are  entitled  to  wear  the  uniform 
of  another  military  organization,  were  in  silk  hat 
and  black  frock  coat.  They  were  provided  with 
canes  in  the  Armory. 

The  order  of  the  day  provided  that  the  for- 
mer members  should  march  out  of  the  Seventy- 
first's  Armory  at  4.30  o'clock  and  join  the  Regi- 
ment at  Fifth  Avenue  and  Thirty-second  St.  A 
few  minutes  before  the  time  set.  Col.  Daniel 
Appleton,  commanding  the  Seventh,  and  grand 
marshal  of  the  day,  rode  up  to  the  Armory,  a 
dozen  horsemen  of  his  staff  jingling  spurs  and 
sabres  behind  him.  The  crowd,  massed  around 
the  Armory,  gave  the  Colonel  the  first  distinct 
cheer  of  the  day,  applauding  his  soldierly  ap- 
pearance. 

While  Col.  Appleton  passed  into  the  Armory 
through  a  lane  of  saluting  veterans,  the  staff  sat 
their  horses  across  Thirty-fourth  St.  Officers  in 
red  and  blue ;  officers  in  red  and  white,  officers 
in  yellow  and  blue,  officers  uniformed  gorgeously 
and  immaculately,  passed  in  and  out  of  the  Ar- 
mory, the  sun  gleaming  on  their  patent  leather 
boots,  their  polished  trappitigs  and  gold  lace.  It 
was  a  pretty  spectacle  for  the  crowd. 

Col.  Appleton  had  no  more  than  walked  into 
the  Armory  when  the  clouds  which  had  been 
gathering  heavier  and  heavier,  emptied  them- 
selves. There  was  a  preliminary  bang,  and  crash 
of  thunder  which  scared  away  the  crowd,  and 
then  the  rain  came  driving.  Most  of  the  officers 
of  the  Colonel's  staff  had  thoughtfully  provided 
themselves  with  raincoats  or  ponchos,  and  they 
slung  these  over  their  shoulders.  Some  who 
hadn't  been  so  thoughtful,  left  their  wet  nags  in 
care  of  orderlies  and  ran  to  the  Armory. 

One  veteran  of  many  battles  and  rainstorms 
scorned  the  shower.  He  was  a  little,  wiry,  well 
set  up  man.  brown  as  a  berry,  Capt.  French,  of 
forty-one  years'  service  with  the  Seventh,  one 
time  Capt.  of  Company  A.  He  was  the  only  offi- 
cer dressed  in  olive  green  fatigue  uniform.  Such 
of  the  crowd  as  remained  were  quick  to  notice 
the  little  Captain  and  applauded  him  enthusiastic- 
ally. 

Meanwhile  the  Seventh  Regiment,  Lt.-Col. 
Kipp  in  command,  had  marched  from  the  Ar- 
mory at  Sixty-seventh  street  and  Park  Avenue 
and  had  halted  in  formation  at  Fifth  Avenue 
and  Thirty-second  street  to  await  the  coming  of 
the  veterans.  They  were  spick  and  span  and  very 
handsome  in  newly  pressed  coats,  white  ducks 
and  polished  shoes,  all   accoutrements  polished 


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to  the  limit.  When  the  shower  broke  the  men 
at  first  took  it  without  a  grunt  or  a  growl.  Then 
the  water  went  dripping  down  the  backs  of  their 
necks.  Their  collars  melted  and  lay  down  wear- 
ily. Their  pretty  white  ducks  were  all  stainned 
and  splashed  with  mud. 

The  rubber-necks,  in  comfortable  shelter  in 
doorways  and  windows  and  under  awnings,  look- 
ed on  sympathetically.  Then  the  Lt.-Col.,  who 
was  himself  soaked  to  the  skin,  shot  a  short 
order  backward.  Instantly  the  men  broke  and 
ran,  routed  and  dispersed  more  effectually  than 
if  a  battery  of  quick-firers  had  been  turned  loose 
from  Fort  Waldorf-Astoria.  Lt.-Col.  Kipp  got 
a  raincoat  and  sat  his  horse  stonily,  surrounded 
by  a  damp  but  undaunted  staff.  The  Regiment 
was  quickly  reformed  when  the  shower  spent 
itself,  and  the  good  breeze  and  bright,  hot  sun 
dried  uniforms  and  drove  the  water  from  ac- 
croutrements. 

Over  in  the  Seventy-first  armory  there  was  a 
period  of  suspense  and  anxiety,  mainly  on  ac- 
count of  the  Civil  War  veterans  who  didn't 
mind  the  spoiling  of  silk  hats  and  frock  coats, 
but  who  contemplated  the  probability  of  rheu- 
matic twinges  with  alarm.  They  made  merry 
over  the  storm  though,  and  cheered  for  the 
luck  of  the  Seventh.  The  band  performed  gal- 
lantly and  out  of  horns  that  dripped  water  play- 
ed "There'll  be  a  Hot  Time  in  the  Old  Town 
To-night"  and  other  bits  calculated  to  produce 
cheerfulness. 

The  rainstorm  delayed  the  start  only  a  quarter 
of  an  hour.  Col.  Appleton  strode  out,  was 
joined  by  his  staff  and  they  rode  off  to  take 
their  places  at  the  head  of  the  line.  Company 
by  company,  division  by  division,  in  perfect  or- 
der, the  old  members  of  the  Seventh  marched  out, 
flags  throwing  backward  in  the  stout  breeze, 
steel  and  silver  flashing  artd  glittering,  while  the 
crowd  cheered  and  applauded. 

The  reviewing  stand  in  front  of  the  Union 
League  Club  was  already  crowded  with  black 
coats  and  blue  when  the  Secretary  of  War  made 
his  appearance.  The  crowd  in  the  street,  watch- 
ing the  stand  eagerly,  sighted  the  big  secretary 
instantly  and  set  up  a  cheer  to  which  he  re- 
sponded by  a  bow.  At  Secretary  Taft's  right  was 
Gen.  Fred.  D.  Grant,  while  Major  Charles  E. 
Lydecker  of  the  Seventh,  detailed  to  act  as  the 
Secretary's  escort  and  aide,  stood  at  his  left. 

There  was  a  distinguished  company  of  guests 
on  the  stand,  includingMaj.-Gen.  James  F.  Wade, 
commanding  the  Department  of  the  Atlantic ; 
Gen.  T.  F.  Bell.  Rear- Admiral  Robley  D.  Evans, 
Gen.  Robert  Shaw  Oliver,  assistant  Secretary 
of  War ;  Lt.-Gov.  M.  Linn  Bruce.  Brig.-Gen. 
Nelson  H.  Henry,  adjutant,  representing  Gov. 
Higgins :  Corporation  Counsel  John  J.  Dselany, 
representing  the  Mayor:  Gen.  Horace  Porter, 
Brier.-Gen.  Albert  L.  Mills  of  West  Point,  Lt.- 
Col.  R.  L.  IJowze,  commandant  of  cadets,  West 


Point;  Maj.-Gen.  Charles  F.  Roe,  commander- 
in-chief  of  the  New  York  National  Guard ;  Brig.- 
Gens.  George  Moore  Smith  and  James  H. 
Lloyd  of  the  First  and  Third  Brigades,  N.  Y. 
N.  G. ;  Gov.  Henry  Roberts  of  Connecticut  and 
Brig.-Gen.  George  M.  Cole,  his  adjutant;  Gov. 
John  I.  Cox  of  Tennessee;  Major-  Gen.  C.  L. 
Riggs,  adjutant  to  GOv.  Warfield  of  Maryland; 
Dr.  John  H.  Finley,  president  of  the  College  of 
the  City  of  New  York;  Commodore  R.  P.  For- 
shew,  commander-in-chief  of  the  New  York 
Naval  Militia;  Commodore  J.  J.  D.  Kelly  and 
Capt.  J.  W.  Miller,  U.  S.  N. ;  Col.  William  C. 
Church,  editor  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Journal; 
and  the  commanding  officers  of  other  militia 
organizations  of  New  York — Gen.  John  T.  Cut- 
ting of  the  Old  Guard ;  Col.  C.  H.  Hitchcock  of 
the  First  Regiment ;  Col.  J.  M.  Jarvis  of  the 
Eighth ;  Col.  Charles  A.  Denike  of  the  Tenth ; 
Col.  George  R.  Dyer  of  the  Twelfth ;  Col.  Will- 
iam A.  Stokes  of  the  Twenty-third ;  Col.  William 
G.  Bates  of  the  Seventy-first;  Maj.  Oliver  Bridg- 
man  of  Squadron  A;  Maj.  Charles  L.  De  Be- 
voise  of  Squadron  C,  and  Maj.  John  T.  Saddler 
of  the  Third  Battalion. 

It  was  5  o'clock  when  a  squad  of  Bingham's 
dragoons  cantered  up  the  Avenue  and  past  the  re- 
viewing stand,  sweeping  the  street  for  the  mili- 
tary men.  Then  came  the  grand  marshal,  Col. 
Appleton,  sitting  a  big,  dancing  bay.  The  Sec- 
retary of  War  lifted  his  immense  silk  hat  while 
Col.  Appleton  rode  past,  head  squarely  to  the 
right,  sword  flashing  in  the  sun  at  salute.  Be- 
hind the  colonel  rode  his  staff,  Lt.  O'Ryan  of 
the  Second  Battery,  Capt.  Bryant  of  the  New  Jer- 
sey Essex  Troop,  Capt.  Foley  of  the  Sixty-ninth, 
Lt.  Wall  of  the  Seventh,  Lt.  Townsend  of  Squad- 
ron A,  and  Sgt.  Charles  of  Squadron  A. 

The  passing  of  the  grand  marshal  and  his 
staff  was  the  signal  for  the  first  ringing  applause. 
As  the  Seventh's  men,  old  and  new,  tramped 
by,  the  company  on  the  stand  enjoyed  a  strik- 
ing spectacle.  Maj.-Gen.  George  Moore  Smith 
of  the  Regiment  who  are  in  regular  service, 
rode  at  the  head  of  the  first  division,  ex-members 
the  National  Guard  or  the  Naval  Militia  of  this 
and  other  states.  There  were  more  than  sixty 
officers  in  Gen.  Smith's  division,  and  the  red  of 
the  artillery,  the  yellow  of  the  cavalry  and  the 
white  of  the  infantry,  marking  uniforms  of  blue, 
made  a  kaleidoscope  of  color. 

Then  the  crowd  really  woke  up  and  turned  it- 
self loose  with  a  wild  roar  of  cheering.  Along 
came  the  old  fellows,  the  second  division,  Maj.- 
Gen.  Alexander  Shaler  at  their  head.  The  first 
detachment„was  made  up  of  ex-members  of  the 
Seventh  who  served  in  the  regular  or  volunteer 
army  or  navy  in  the  Civil  War.  Forty-eight 
sturdy  old  men  walked  behind  Gen.  Molineux, 
holding  themselves  stiff  as  ramrods,  feet  stepping 
out  straight  and  true  to  the  time  beat  of  the  band, 
canes  in  the  curve  of  their  right  arms.     Every 


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man  of  them  came  out  of  the  war  an  officer. 
Most  went  in  as  privates. 

"Eyes  right,"  came  the  command  from  Gen. 
Molineux,  and  the  old  fellows  saluted  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  who  leaned  forward  in  the  stand, 
raised  his  hat  and  saluted  back.  "Front!"  snap- 
ped the  little  General  and  on  they  went,  briskly, 
vigorously  and  very  proudly. 

They  carried  their  old  battleflags  with  an 
air,  and  the  crowd  cheered  every  honorable  rag 
as  it  went  on  up  the  line.  There  was  the  battle- 
flag  of  the  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Sixth 
Army  G)rps,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  the  remnants 
of  the  old  flags  first  carried  by  the  First  United 
States  Chasseurs  (subsequently  the  Sixty-fifth 
New  York  Volunteers)  ;  tattered  old  regimental 
and  State  flags,  just  shreds  on  blackened  staffs. 
Maybe  the  proudest  man  of  them  all  was  Capt. 
Alcoke,  marching  all  by  himself,  holding  up  for 
Secretary  Taft  to  see  the  old  Sixth  Army  Corps 
flag. 

Swinging  along  behind  the  forty-eight  of 
Gen.  Molineux's  command  were  the  officers  who 
served  in  the  army  or  navy  in  the  Spanish-Am- 
erican War,  Maj.  Henry  W.  Hovey  in  command. 
Then  came  a  detachment  made  up  of  officers  and 
men  mustered  into  the  United  States  service 
with  the  Regiment  in  1861,  1862  and  1863.  One 
of  the  oldest  of  the  Seventh's  veterans  led  this 
detachment,  Maj.-Gen.  Richard  N.  Bowerman, 
commander  of  the  Department  of  Maryland  of 
the  G.  A.  R.  He  went  into  the  war  in  1861  as 
a  corporal  in  Company  G. 

Col.  Thomas  Dimond,  president  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  Veteran  Association,  led  i,- 
200  men,  made  up  of  all  ex-members  of  the 
Seventh  not  parading  in  the  other  divisions. 

There  was  a  brief  interval  when  the  old  boys 
went  by  and  then  the  Seventh,  restored  by  breeze 
and  sunshine,  swung  up  the  Avenue.  Following 
Lt.-Col.  Kipp  and  his  staflF  were  Companies  A, 
B,  C,  and  D,  which  were  organized  May  5,  1806, 
and  out  of  which  the  Seventh  Regiment  grew. 
The  four  companies  paraded  as  a  battalion  under 
the  command  of  Maj.  Willard  C.  Fisk.  Com- 
panies K,  G,  E,  I.  H,  and  F,  formed  the  escort 
for  the  original  four  companies,  and  they  were 
commanded  by  Capt.  Robert  McLean. 

Each  company  as  it  tramped  by  the  reviewing 
stand  saluted  the  Secretary  of  War  with  a  sharp 
turn  of  the  head  to  the  right. 

The  head  of  the  column  halted  at  Fifth  Ave- 
nue and  Sixty-seventh  street,  where  another 
large  crowd  had  gathered.  The  former  members 
of  the  regiment,  the  old  boys,  fell  out  of  line  and 
took  positions  along  the  east  side  of  the  Avenue 
and  the  park  wall.  Of  the  forty-eight  under  Gen. 
Molineux  only  four  succumbed  to  the  hardships 
of  the  march  and  fell  out  of  line. 

"I   am   proud  of  my   command,"   said   Gen. 
Molineux,  half  jocularly,  half  seriously. 


CARTOON    FROM    N.    Y.    WORLD,    MAY   5,    I906 

The  Centennial  of  the  Seventh 

One  needed  not  to  be  the  seventh  son  of  a 
seventh  son  yesterday  in  New  York.  It  was 
sufficient  if  he  were  son  or  grandson  of  the 
7th  Regiment.  And  present  at  the  celebration 
of  the  hundred  years. 

New  York  never  had  a  regiment  of  which 
it  was  not  proud.  If  sometimes  the  Seventh 
has  seemed  to  occupy  a  certain  pre-eminence 
in  the  public  eye,  the  distinction  has  cast  no 
shadow  on  other  military  organizations  of  the 
city  or  State,  nor  has  the  point  of  viewr  been 
wholly  local.  Lt.-Gen.  Scott,  acknowledging 
the  oflfer  of  the  Regiment's  services  at  Wash- 
ington in  1861,  said: 

"Perhaps  no  regiment  or  company  can  be 
brought  here  from  a  distance  without  produc- 
ing hurtful  jealousies  in  this  vicinity.  If  there 
be  an  exception,  it  is  the  7th  Regiment  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  which  has  become,  some- 
what national  and  is  held  deservedly  in  the 
highest  respect." 

The  Seventh  has  gained  the  name  of  being 
exclusive.  No  one  can  deny  that  it  is  also 
devoted  both  to  duty  and  to  discipHne.  It  is 
a  popular  body,  but  it  has  not  escaped  periods 
of  unpopularity — as  when  it  was  detailed  to 
guard  the  English  actor  Macready  in  the 
Astor  place  riot  of  1849  ^"d  to  escort  the 
Orangemen  in  the  riot  of  1871.  It  has  not 
faltered  when  duty  done  brought  disagreeable 
consequences. 

The  veterans  and  active  members  who 
turned  out  yesterday  paraded  with  a  just  pride 
in  the  century-long  history  of  the  Seventh. — 
Nezv  York  World. 


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"Leaders  of  Soldiers" 
The  Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard  of 
New  York,  is  not  celebrating  to-day  the  one- 
hundredth  anniversary  of  its  continued  exis- 
tence under  that  name.  Four  of  its  companies 
have,  indeed,  been  in  existence  since  the  cor- 
responding date  in  1806.  But  it  was  not  the 
"Seventh  Regiment"  for  many  years  after  that. 
Indeed,  when  the  various  corps  of  the  State 
militia  were  renumbered  somewhere  in  the 
'40's,  the  Twenty-seventh,  as  the  Seventh  had 
until  that  time  been  known,  objected  very 
strenuously  to  the  new  designation.  The 
Twenty-seventh  had  won  distinction  under 
that  title,  and  the  officers  and  men  felt  very 
much  as  a  man  by  the  name  of  DePeyster, 
Roosevelt  or  Livingston  would  feel  if  he  were 
by  an  intrusive  and  tyrannical  statute,  compelled 
to  call  himself  by  the  name  of  Smith. 

It  was  not  long,  however,  before  the  old  regi- 
ment had  won  new  honors  under  the  new  name, 
and  would  not  have  resumed  its  old  title  for  any 
consideration.  It  has  had  many  proud  moments 
in  its  career,  but  none  prouder  than  the  one  when, 
on  the  19th  of  April,  1861,  having  been  found  ad- 
mirably ready  to  participate  in  the  defense  of  the 
Union,  it  marched  down  Broadway,  while  thou- 
sands of  patriotic  citizens  followed,  cheering, 
shouting,  and  at  times  embracing  the  soldiers 
in  their  excitement.  The  enthusiasm  with  which 
the  Regiment  was  welcomed  in  Washington  was 
almost  as  great. 

"Militiae  magistri — leaders  of  soldiers"  was 
the  title  which  Gen.  John  A.  Dix  applied  to  the 
Seventh  Regiment.  In  the  Civil  War,  657  men 
who  were  or  had  been  members  of  the  Regiment 
received  commissions  in  the  army,  navy  or  volun- 
teer service.  Three  of  them  became  major-gen- 
erals, nineteen  became  brigadier-generals,  twenty- 
nine  became  colonels  and  forty-six  lieutenant- 
colonels.  This  sort  of  selection  has  been  going 
on  ever  since.  The  men  who  hold  or  have  held 
commissions  in  other  organizations,  after  being 
members  of  the  Seventh,  constitute  the  equiva- 
lent of  a  Regiment  of  officers  in  itself  to-day. 

Who  can  fully  appreciate  the  helpful  and  in- 
spiring- influence  of  such  a  corps  as  the  Seventh 
in  the  life  of  this  State?  It  is  incalculable.  It 
makes  the  uniform  of  the  militia  indeed  a  badge 
of  honor.  Its  very  name  is  a  tower  of  strength — 
an  assurance  of  civic  order — A^^.  Y.  Evening  Mail. 


Grafting  at  yth's  Banquet 
When  the  400  waiters  who  were  engaged  to 
serve  the  big  banquet  to  the  Seventh  Regiment 
on  Saturday  night  and  who  successfully  struck 
for  a  raise  just  as  the  soup  was  readv  have  been 
paid  off  to-day  Louis  R.  Fischer,  the  manager 
of  Reisenweber's  restaurant,  who  furnished 
the  dinner,  will  heave  a  sigh  of  relief. 

"Of  course  it  was  a  hold-up,"  said  Mr.  Fischer 


yesterday.  "The  men  had  been  engaged 
through  an  agent  some  time  ago.  I  believe 
that  the  whole  plan  to  hold  us  up  was  fixed 
days  before  the  banquet.  There  were  only  two 
things  we  could  do — pay  the  extra  $400  the 
men  demanded  or  go  to  the  officers  of  the 
Seventh  and  tell  them  our  predicament  and 
ask  them  to  help  us  out.  However,  we  felt  that 
we  must  stand  by  our  customers  at  any  cost, 
so  we  agreed  to  the  increase  and  let  it  go.  As 
it  was  the  dinner  went  off  smoothly  and  no- 
body heard  of  the  trouble  until  it  was  all  over. 

"Even  then,  though,  the  men  did  not  appear 
to  be  satisfied.  I  made  a  written  agreement 
that  the  agent  who  hired  them  should  pay 
them  on  Monday.  But  the  dinner  was  hardly 
over  before  they  began  to  raise  a  commotion 
demanding  their  money  right  away.  I  called 
an  officer  and  he  had  them  put  out. 

"Not  content  with  that  I  understand  that 
they  went  in  a  body  to  our  restaurant  in  the 
Grand  Circle  and  demanded  that  the  money  be 
paid  from  there.  The  police  had  to  be  called 
in  to  keep  them  out  of  the  restaurant.  Of 
course  the  trouble  was  that  so  many  extra 
men  had  to  be  hired  on  account  of  the  size  of 
the  banquet  that  we  had  to  fill  out  with  men 
we  had  to  take  on  trust." 

According  to  another  man  connected  with 
the  cafe  there  was  an  unusually  large  crowd  of 
grafters  hanging  around  the  part  of  the  arm- 
ory given  over  to  the  caterer.  Some  who  did 
not,  however,  get  what  they  sought  were  two 
letter  carriers  in  uniform,  who  came  to  one  of 
the  captains  in  charge  of  the  waiters  and  de- 
manded a  few  bottles  of  wine.  The  captain 
told  him  that  policemen,  janitors  and  such  aris- 
tocrats of  labor  had  a  legitimate  right  to  all  the 
wine  they  could  drink  at  such  a  function.  But 
when  it  came  to  letter  carriers,  in  uniform  and 
off  duty,  all  they  had  a  right  to  do  was  to 
skidoo,  which,  assisted  by  the  policemen  and 
janitor  aforesaid,  the  letter  carriers  proceeded 
to  do.— iV.  Y.  Sun. 


Dog  Joins  the  Regiment 

Among  the  creatures  that  watched  the  present 
and  former  members  of  the  Seventh  Regt.  as- 
sembling at  the  71st  Regt.  Armory  for  their 
parade  yesterday  was  Foo,  a  valuable  Japanese 
spaniel  belonging  to  Francis  E.  Frothingham, 
of  5S  East  Thirty- fourth  St.  Foo  was  standing 
on  the  front  stoop  with  his  master,  but  the  uni- 
forms attracted  him  so  much  that  he  wandered 
into  the  street  and  followed  the  paraders.  There 
was  a  large  crowd  looking  at  the  paraders  at  the 
time,  and  little  Foo  disappeared  before  Mr. 
Frothingham  could  catch  him.  There  was  noth- 
ing for  the  owner  to  do,  therefore,  but  to  hurry 
to  the  Tenderloin  Station  and  report  his  loss. 
He  said  that  the  dog  possessed  a  snub  nose  and  a 
bushy  tail  and  was  a  thoroughbred. — N.Y.Times. 


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Veterans  Splashed  the  Clubmen 
It  was  the  Seventh  Regiment  centenary  cele- 
bration last  Saturday,  and  the  veterans  of  that 
organization,  1,200  stout,  arrayed  in  the  shining 
panoply  of  afternoon,  viz.,  impeccable  silken  hats, 
frock  coats  and  gray  suede  gloves,  were  march- 
ing up  Fifth  avenue  in  solid  phalanx.  In  their 
eyes  was  the  light  of  other  days,  ultra  martial 
was  their  bearing — a  sight  for  Mars,  indeed — and 
yet  the  observer  as  he  viewed  their  approach 
was  not  a  little  surprised  to  note  every  minute  or 
so  a  strange  and  apparently  unwarranted  agita- 
tion in  the  ranks,  a  kaleidoscopic  flashing  of  bril- 
liant hats,  a  crumpling  of  ranks,  as  an  operatic 
chorus  breaks  when  the  high  sheriff  comes  on 
and  bids  the  villagers  begone.  Whisper  it:  They 
■were  avoiding  puddles ! 

It  was  a  fact  early  grasped  by  certain  mem- 
bers of  the  Union  League  Club,  who,  leaving 
their  windows,  ranged  themselves  on  the  curb 
and  had  rare  fun,  there  being  a  mill  pond  of  a 
puddle  right  in  front  of  that  resort.  Two  com- 
panies skipped  by  it  as  goats  skip,  and  then,  stern, 
majestic,  implacable,  came  the  "Major,"  leading 
his  company.  The  Union  Leaguers  knew  him ; 
Tie  knew  them. 

Forward  marched  the  major.  He  was  in  the 
direct  line  of  the  pudddle.  Did  he  evade  it?  Did 
he  pause  on  the  brink  ?  No.  Lifting  high  a  foot, 
ponderous  as  a  hammer  of  Vulcan,  deviating  not 
an  inch,  he  took  the  plunge.  Splash !  A  saturat- 
ed solution  of  Fifth  avenue  sediment  flew  to  a 
noble  height,  and  sprayed  wide.  And  the  major, 
in  no  way  could  he  have  been  designated  immacu- 
late— but  the  clubmen !  They  spluttered,  they 
gasped,  they  pawed  at  their  eyes  and  collars  and 
said  many  things,  not  to  be  recorded.  And  while 
they  were  saying  them  the  first  rank  came  along, 
and,  following  the  example  of  their  commander, 
they  took  to  the  puddle,  too.  The  Union  Leaguers 
were  washed  out,  obliterated — they  ran.  It  is 
said  that  for  the  next  hour  changes  of  raiment 
and  general  ill-humor  were  entirely  in  order  be- 
hind the  marble  walls  of  that  abode.. — TV^.  Y. 
Evening  Post. 


Praise  From  An  Experienced  Observer 

Force  of  habit — the  value  of  thorough  disci- 
pline and  early  training — was  never  better  illus- 
trated than  in  the  Centennial  parade  of  the  Sev- 
enth Regiment  and  almost  an  army  of  its  vet- 
erans. I  have  witnessed  many  marches  of 
troops — Great  Britain's  Grenadiers,  Germany's 
Imperial  Guards,  Austria's  crack  regiments,  the 
Cadets  of  St.  Cyr,  and,  perhaps  the  very  best  of 
all,  the  West  Point  Cadets — but  when  rank  after 
rank  of  Seventh  Regiment  veterans  passed  by 
me.  from  the  fulness  of  my  admiration  I  said]: 
"Marvelous!"  There  were  men  in  the  ranks 
that,  out  of  them,  would  have  been  walking  with 
the  aid  of  a  cane  or  crutch,  with  steps  more  or 
less  tottering.     There  were  men  who  marched 


with  the  Regiment  down  Broadway  on  that  not- 
able day  when  it  set  out  to  take  its  part  in  the 
great  Civil  War.  But  no  man  preserved  a  better 
line  and  more  uniform  or  soldierly  step  than  did 
the  veterans  of  this  distinguished  Regiment  of 
the  National  Guard — America's  military  reserve. 
Comment  on  the  splendid  appearance,  soldierly 
bearing  and  perfection  in  evolution  and  manual 
of  the  present  Seventh  Regiment  would  be  super- 
fluous, as  all  the  world  knows  it  heads  the  list  of 
militia  organizations.  Under  the  command  of 
that  magnificent  specimen  of  the  citizen  soldier, 
Colonel  Daniel  Appleton,  the  Regiment  must  year 
by  year  add  new  lustre  to  a  hitherto  unequalled 
fame. — Toitm  Topics. 


Centennial  of  a  Famous  Regiment 

The  literature  of  the  Regiment's  centennial 
period  and  celebration  is  enriched  with  an  ex- 
cellent historical  and  critical  article  entitled, 
"Centennial  of  a  Famous  Regiment,"  in 
"Army  and  Navy  Life,"  for  June,  1906,  by 
Charles  Sydney  Clark. 

Of  the  Gazette,  Mr.  Clark  wrote: 
"For  twenty  years  the  Regiment  has  pub- 
lished, with  great  financial  and  literary  suc- 
cess. The  7TH  Regiment  Gazette,  which  car- 
ries to  all  parts  of  the  world  the  regimental 
news,  and  cheers  the  hearts  of  veterans  away 
from  home.  Nearly  all  the  recent  reforms  in 
the  N.  G.  N.  Y.  have  originated  with  this 
clever  little  paper." 


Historical  Errors  Corrected 

Mr.  F.  A.  Goodwin  offers  the  following  cor- 
rection of  an  apparent  error  in  the  History  of 
the  Regiment,  on  page  14  of  the  May  issue  of 
the  Gazette's  Centennial  Number.  Mr.  Good- 
win writes : 

"It  says  that  Capt.  Jos.  B.  Young,  of  the  6th 
Co.,  was  elected  May  6th,  vice  Nevins  resigned 
and  that  he  died  suddenly  of  heart  disease  July  3, 
1876  on  train  going  to  Centennial  at  Philadelphia. 
It  was  Col.  Leflferts  that  died  on  train  July  3, 
1876.    Capt.  Jos.  B.  Young  died  about  1902. 

Ex-Capt.  Morton  B.  Stelle,  Co.  F,  calls  at- 
tention to  the  following  errors  in  the  May 
Gazette:  "Page  xxv,  fifteenth  line  from  bot- 
tom of  first  column,  'Col.  Clark  was  for  25  years 
(1859-84)  Commander.'  This  should  be  1864- 
89.  Page  Hi.,  first  column,  next  to  last  line,  'in 
1886  Maj.  Abrams  resigned  and  was  succeeded 
by  Capt.  Kipp.'  It  was  Maj.  Allison  whom  Capt. 
Kipp  succeeded.  Page  xxiii.  first  column, 
eleventh  line,  'on  May  30th,  1900,  the  new 
blouses  issued  early  in  the  year  by  the  State  were 
worn  publicly  for  the  first  time.'  We  did  away 
with  the  shell  jacket  and  adopted  the  present 
blouse  and  also  retired  the  old  summer  blouse." 


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War   Veteran's    Reminiscence 

In  July,  1863,  the  Regiment  was  quartered  at 
Fort  Federal  Hill,  Baltimore;  the  duty  was  ar- 
duous ;  a  large  number  of  the  Regiment  were  de- 
tailed in  squads  for  service  in  various  places — 
some  of  them  unwholesome  and  detrimental  to 
health — so  that  sometimes  there  were  not  more 
than  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  in  the 
Fort. 

Gen.  (then  Lieut.)  George  Moore  Smith  was 
detailed  from  his  Company  to  command  a  squad 
of  twelve  men  from  the  Third  Co.  to  take  charge 
of  and  convey  to  "Camp  Distribution,"  about 
four  miles  back  of  Alexandria,  a  number  of  Con- 
federate prisoners.  We  marched  to  Fort  Mc- 
Henry,  received  the  prisoners,  thence  to  Balti- 
more, from  there  by  rail  to  Washington,  down 
the  Potomac  to  Alexandria  and  then  the  march 
to  Camp  Distribution,  delivering  the  prisoners 
to  the  Commandant.  In  so  doing  Lt.  Smith  said 
to  these  men,  "When  we  started  on  the  trip,  you 
called  us  all  kinds  of  names,  but  we  replied  not  a 
word ;  we  have  marched  you  off'  your  feet,  we 
must  make  the  same  tramp  over  again,  without 
any  rest ;  bear  these  facts  in  mind  when  you  think 
of  us  again  as  'paper  soldiers.'  Right  face, 
March." 

We  reached  Washington  that  evening,  re- 
mained over  nighty  marched  into  the  Fort  the 
next  morning,  to  the  great  delight  of  our  com- 
rades, for  it  was  reported  that  we  had  been  cap- 
tured. 

After  the  parade  on  May  5,  1906,  while  Gen. 
Smith  and  myself  were  comparing  notes  respect- 
ing 1863,  a  gentleman  standing  near  us  seemed 
to  be  very  much  interested.  The  General  remark- 
ed, "We  are  recalling  an  event  of  long  ago."  The 
gentleman  replied,  "I  too,  have  something  to 
say."  Then  looking  at  me  with  a  kindly  expres- 
sion, he  said,  "I  shall  never  forget  your  face  as 
long  as  I  live.  Do  you  remember  the  cattle  cars 
we  rode  in  from  Baltimore  to  Monocacy  ?"  I  re- 
plied, "Very  distinctly.  He  said,  "You  and  I 
were  in  the  same  car.  I  had  been  on  guard  duty 
all  night — the  relief  failing  to  relieve  me — I  had 
had  nothing  to  eat  and  was  feeling  wretchedly 
and  said  I  would  give  five  dollars  for  a  lemon. 
In  a  few  minutes  you  came  to  me  and  handed  me 
one.  I  tendered  you  the  money.  You  replied, 
"Never  from  a  comrade  in  distress." 

At  the  conclusion  of  his  remarks  I  suggested 
it  was  very  fitting  that  we  should  know  each  oth- 
er's names;  "vours  is — ?"  "Benedict,"  he  re- 
plied.   "Mine  is  Talbert,"  said  I. 

Thus,  on  the  proud  and  happy  Centennial 
Day,  after  an  interval  of  forty-three  years,  we 
met  to  memorize  an  incident  of  "Auld  Lang 
Syne." 

B.  G.  Talbert,  Veteran  Co.  C. 


"Marching   Down   Broadway" 

To  Capt.  Robert  McLean,  of  Co.  K,  the  Ga- 
zette is  indebted  for  a  reminiscence  of  the  Regi- 
ment's departure  for  the  war  contained  in  a  letter 
to  him  from  Mr.  R.  B.  Hall,  of  Boston,  an  ex- 
member  of  Co.  K  in  war  times.    Mr.  Hall  wrote : 

"I  remember  well  the  cut  of  Ball,  Black  &  Co.'s 
above  and  General  Anderson  saluting  us  as  we  passed 
down  Broadway,  April  19,  1861.  What  a  sight  that  was ! 
Our  company  had  the  right  of  line  ahead  of  the  band. 
As  I  recollect,  I  was  in  the  front  about  sixth  from  the 
right,  so  I  had  a  most  perfect  view  of  Broadway  ahead 
of  us.  It  was  packed  with  people  from  building  to 
building,  across  the  street.  Where  the  crowd  went  to 
to  let  us  pass  down  I  never  could  imagine.  Every 
window  of  every  building  was  alive  with  people,  ladies 
waving  flags  or  handkerchiefs.  I  tell  j'ou  it  was  the 
grandest  sight  I  ever  beheld  or  ever  expect  to  behold 
again.  There  was  a  grand  reception  for  us  when  we 
came  back  from  our  forty-three  davs  in  and  around 
Washington,  but  perhaps  not  quite  so  grand  as  our 
going  away,  for  at  that  time,  only  five  days  previous, 
they  had  bombarded  Sumter;  Anderson  had  just  re- 
turned from  there;  and  then  again,  the  day  we  left, 
the  Massachusetts  6th  had  been  mobbed  in  Ba'timor;. 
The  whole  North  was  for  fight  then,  and  everybody 
much  excited.     Those  were,  indeed,  exciting  times. 

"Oh,  -ust  ahead  of  us  in  ;he  march  down  Broadway 
was  the  dismounted  troop,  hauling  our  two  four-pound 
Howitzers  that  we  used  for  drilling  in  the  old  Tomp- 
kins Market  large  drill  room.  I  presume  the  Company 
has  them  still.  And  do  they  drill  the  artillery  drill? 
You  may  remember,  I  was  in  the  Light  Artillery  for 
two  years  and  over  after  we  returned  from  Washing- 
ton, as  lieutenant,  from  junior  second  to  senior  first 
lieutenant,  when  I  left  the  servic>;." 

"When  the  Regiment  was  in  Baltimore,  wliile  I  was 
away  down  in  Louisiana  with  the  19th  Army  Corps,  I 
sent  letters  of  introduction  to  some  of  my  friends  in 
Co.  K  to  my  intended  wife's  father  and  mother,  and 
they  entertained  the  boys  Irequently  at  their  beautiful 
house.  Thev  were  very  musical  people  and  they  got  up 
some  fine  entertainments  for  them.  They  also  intro- 
duced them  to  others  of  their  Iriends  in  Baltimore  and 
the  boys  had  many  a  good  time  there.  I  remember  par- 
ticularly the  name  of  Emerson  Foote,  who  sang  well, 
and  Joe  Lentilhon,  one  of  the  funny  fellows  of  our 
Company.  They  were  both  much  in  evidence  at  these 
entertainments.  I  don't  for  the  moment  recall  the  names 
of  others.    Glad  to  hear  you  still  have  the  Howitzers. 


Company  C  Again  Victorious 

Results  of  General  Practice  at  Creedmoor,  May  15 
and  16,  1906: 


box  .  ^-o  "o      j=  ^ 

■St  g  c  is      SJ«  g^ 

iTiVl  Oh  <  SOt^toS  O 

F.  S.  &  N.  C.  S.  29  26  3  26   —   — 

A  73  50  23  so  44.88  49.40 

B  5^  98  —  98  Dis.    — 

C  89  89  —  89  70.23  70.23 

D  91  71  14  77  53-74  55.64 

E  81  81  —  8r  64.60  64.60 

F  loi  96  s  96  61.46  62.14 

G  89  79  10  78  S7.6i  58.33 

H  88  87  I  87  64.87  65.03 

I  loi  loi  —  100  66.60  67.10 

K  loi  9S  6  94  63.89  65.43 

Total  941  879  62  876  61.25  62.39 


u 

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31.66 

40.47 
27.19 
29.21 
29.38 
32.94 
31-24 
34.20 

36-98 
32.7? 


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Veterans'  Memorial  Service 
The  Memorial  Service  of  the  veterans  of  the 
Regiment  was  held  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  Sun- 
day, May  27,  at  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Fifth 
Ave.  and  53rd  St.  Owing  to  the  absence  of 
the  veterans'  chaplain,  the  services  were  con- 
ducted by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ernest  M.  Stires,  rec- 
tor of  St.  Thomas',  who  paid  an  earnest 
tribute  to  the  worth  of  the  National  Guard  of 
the  entire  nation  and  especially  to  the  7th 
Regt.  The  service  was  elaborate.  The  re- 
verse of  the  programme  was  a  black-bordered 
list  of  the  veterans'  dead  during  the  past  year. 
It  was  as  follows: 

IN    MEMORIAM 

Co.  A,  Charles  H.  Howe,  Benjamin  Edge, 
Augustus  H.  Wheeler,  John  M.  Smith,  Fred- 
erick W.  Conklin,  William  H.  Hankinson, 
Henry  H.  Meeder;  Co.  B,  Richard  M.  Raven, 
Richard  D.  Fonda,  Gen.  Emmons  Clark,  O.  F. 
Hawley,  Jr.,  A.  Bastianelli,  John  J.  Budd, 
Henry  B.  Mead;  Co.  C,  Emil  Schaefer,  Mar- 
shall Alexander;  Co.  D,  Abraham  L.  Earle, 
Jr.,  Austin  D.  Ewen,  J.  Lynch  Montgomery, 
Andrew  Scamoni ;  Co.  E,  William  Seward ; 
Co.  F,  Edwin  R.  BrinckerhofF,  Talbot  M.  St. 
John,  F.  H.  Cowdrey,  Isaac  N.  Field,  John 
Gould;  Co.  G,  Charles  A.  Jones,  B.  V.  Moise; 
Co.  H,  Theodore  W.  Todd,  Russell  Dart,  A. 
Lyman  Knight ;  Co.  I,  Whitman  S.  Lent, 
William  A.  Taylor,  William  S.  Pyle ;  Co.  K, 
Francis  Bacon,  F.  Gordon  Brown,  Thomas  B. 
Bunting,  Lewis  S.  Allien. 

A  Daughter  of  the  Regiment  Deceased 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Vance-St.  John  died  on  March 
30,  after  a  prolonged  illness  at  the  Hahnemann 
Hospital,  where  she  had  been  under  treatment 
following  a  severe  surgical  operation.  She  was 
born  in  New  York  City  about  61  years  ago,  and 
came  from  an  old  New  York  family.  Her  father. 
Col.  Levi  Hart,  who  was  a  Colonel  of  the  Sev- 
enth Regiment,  was  a  descendant  of  John  Hart,  a 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  from 
New  Jersey.  Her  mother  was  a  dayghter  of 
William  Buckland,  who  now  lies  buried  in  old 
St.  Paul's  churchyard  at  Broadway  and  Fulton 
Sts.  Her  first  marrige  was  to  John  Vance,  who 
was  for  many  years  one  of  the  editors  of  The 
New  York  Sun,  when  the  paper  was  owned  by 
Moses  Y.  Beach  and  his  son,  Moses  S.  Beach. 
Mr.  Vance  was  an  associate  and  friend  of  Horace 
Greeley,  Henry  J.  Raymond  and  other  early  and 
well-known  New  York  journalists.  Mrs.  Vance- 
St.  John  is  survived  by  three  sisters  and  three 
brothers,  one  being  the  Hon.  Henry  C.  Hart. 
She  leaves  a  daughter  by  her  second  marriage 
and  Lucie  F.  and  Lee  J.  Vance,  the  latter  a  well- 
known  editor  and  publisher  of  this  city. — N.  Y. 
Sun. 


Veterans'  Association  News 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Management 
held  May  14,  Mr.  Frederick  A.  Goodwin  (Sixth 
Co.)  resigned  as  Vice  President  of  the  Ass'n, 
owing  to  ill  health,  having  completed  more  than 
twenty-five  years  of  active  service  upon  the  Board 
of  Management  of  the  Veterans  of  the  Seventh 
Regt.,  and  fitting  resolutions  were  adopted  ex- 
pressing regrets  of  the  Board  at  his  retirement. 

Thirteen  hundred  and  twenty  eight  ex-mem- 
bers of  the  Regiment  participated  in  the  Cen- 
tennial Parade  on  May  5.  The  Seventh  Regi- 
ment statue  in  Central  Park  was  decorated  by 
the  Veterans  on  the  occasion  of  the  Centennial 
Celebration  on  May  5,  and  the  Memorial  Com- 
mittee was  authorized  to  have  the  statue 
similarly  decorated  on  Memorial  Day.  The  an- 
nual memorial  services  were  held  at  St.  Thomas' 
Church  at  4  P.  M.,  May  27,  at  four  o'clock,  and 
invitations  were  extended  to  all  active  and 
ex-members  of  the  Regiment  to  be  present. 

The  annual  competition  of  the  Veterans  of 
the  Regiment  will  be  held  at  Creedmoor  June  20. 
The  committee  has  provided  targets  to  accommo- 
date a  large  number  of  the  Veterans. 

The  Board  of  Management  of  the  Veterans 
has  changed  the  annual  spring  field  day  this 
year  to  June  20,  in  the  hope  that  it  will  prove 
more  convenient  for  the  members  to  get  together. 
Every  member  is  asked  and  urged  to  make  a 
special  eflfort  to  be  present,  even  if  unable  to 
shoot.    It  is  desired  to  make  this  a  gala  day. 

The  Veterans'  decoration  will  be  given  to 
every  one  who  makes  the  requisite  score  for 
marksman  or  sharpshooter.  The  three  Mali 
prizes  will  be  competed  for.  It  is  confidently  ex- 
pected that  a  large  number  will  turn  out.  In 
order  to  have  a  sufficient  number  of  markers  and 
scorers  present,  please  notify  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  or  before  June  15,  as  to  your 
intention  to  be  present.  The  Commitee  will  try 
to  take  care  of  as  many  as  make  up  their  minds 
at  the  last  minute  to  come,  but  must  have  a 
general  idea  of  the  number  to  prepare  for. 


Promoted 

In  Regimental  G.  O.  No.  6,  of  May  9,  appears 
the  following:  Second  Lt.  William  Simpson  Cov- 
ell,  Co.  F,  having  been  commissioned  First  Lieu- 
tenant, Co.  F,  with  rank  from  March  20,  1906, 
vice  Stotesbury,  promoted;  First  Sgt.  Samuel 
Kessinger  Thomas,  Co.  E,  having  been  commis- 
sioned Second  Lieutenant,  Co.  E,  with  rank  from 
March  6th,  icx)6,  vice  de  Mille,  promoted ;  they 
will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

The  following  Non-Commissioned  Officers 
have  passed  the  Board  of  Examination,  and  have 
received  their  warrants:  First  Sgt.,  Leo  F. 
Knust,  Co.  E;  Sgts.  Charles  W.  Ford.  Co.  F; 
Leslie  W.  May,  Co.  E ;  Cpls.  William  T.  Hard- 
ing. Co.  E ;  William  A.  Allen,  Co.  E ;  Clarence 
V.  N.  Radcliffe,  Co.  F. 


Entered  at  the  New  York  Post  Office  aa  mail 
matter  of  the  second  class. 


The  Seventh  Regiment  Gazette  is  published 
monthly  by  an  association  composed  of  one  representa- 
tive from  each  Company  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  and 
of  representatives  at  large  from  the  Veterans,  Non-Com- 
missioned  Staff,  Rifle  and  Field  Music,  under  the  name 
of  The  Seventh  Regiment  Gazette  Association. 
President,      -      -      .      .    Charles  Murray,  D. 
Secretary-Treasurer,      -       Harry  S.  Young,  B. 
Managing  Editor,      -      -      Frederick  M.  Crossett,  F. 
company  representatives 

A.  Frep^'k  O'Byrne  F.    T.  E.  Hardenbergh,  Jr. 

B.  Harry  Parker  G.    John  P.  Kenny 

C.  CooLEY  S.  Chapin  H.    Harold  S.  Kirby 

D.  Charles  Murray  K.    G.  de  C  Curtis 

E.  L.  MacKee  Hutchins 

Representative-at-Large  :  N.  C.  Staff,  Edwin  S.  Coy. 
Staff  Artists:     Marvyn  Scudder,  Thomas  Fogarty. 

Direct  business  inquiries  to  the  Manager,  F.  M. 
Crossett,  156  Fifth  Avenue.  Telephone :  10.32  Gramercy. 

Manuscripts  must  be  sent  to  F.  M,  Crossett,  156  Fifth 
Avenue,  on  or  before  the  20th  of  the  month  prior  to  that 
of  issue.  No  anonymous  communications  will  be  pub- 
lished. Name  and  address  of  author  will  not  be  printed 
if  it  is  desired  to  be  known  by  a  nom  de  plume. 


Our  Opportunity  for  Development 

Not  the  least  of  the  practical  benefits  which 
obviously  already  have  accrued  to  the  Regiment 
from  its  unparalleled  Centennial  Celebration  is  the 
reinforcement  and  acceleration  of  its  momentum 
as  a  progressive  body.  New  life  is  apparent,  but 
to  maintain  it  in  health  new  blood  is  desirable 
and  a  more  propitious  time  for  recruiting  there 
never  was  than  now.  Young  men,  eligible  and 
desirable,  who  perhaps  have  not  hitherto  had 
their  attention  especially  directed  to  the  Seventh, 
who  saw  our  memorable  turnout  of  veterans  and 
actives  and  perhaps  first  at  the  banquet  visited 
the  Armory  with  all  its  glorious  wealth  of  tro- 
phies and  priceless  memorabilia,  are  good  wood 
for  rookies.  But  they  may  be  modest,  even  though 
with  military  aspirations — Grant,  our  greatest 
soldier,  was — and  perhaps  they  wait  to  be  asked ; 
let  us  go  after  them.  Now  is  our  golden  oppor- 
tunity for  a  united  effort  to  build  up  waiting 
lists.  Our  Centennial  Celebration  revealed  that 
the  Seventh  was  intrenched  in  the  hearts  of  the 
people  of  New  York  City  to  a  depth  that  may 
have  surprised  many ;  with  such  a  history  as  ours 


the  contrary  could  not  be  possible  because,  al- 
though sensitive  as  the  aspen  leaf  to  the  summer 
zephyr,  public  sentiment,  after  all,  rings  true  and 
the  people  can  neither  be  fooled  nor  will  they  fool 
themselves  all  the  time.  The  good-will  mani- 
fested toward  the  Seventh  at  the  banquet  from 
the  friendly  strangers  within  our  gates  was  per- 
haps what  might  be  expected  from  a  remarkable 
jury  of  invited  guests ;  but  in  the  parade  through 
Fifth  Ave.  the  watchers  represented  every  race, 
creed  and  condition  of  our  cosmopolitan  popula- 
tion, and,  as  company  after  company  swept  along, 
the  observant  must  have  noted  that  the  applause 
was  whole-souled  and  general  and  appreciative 
of  the  fact  that  a  host  of  real  New  Yorkers,  true 
representatives  of  their  city  at  its  best,  was 
marching  by.  It  is  fair  to  surmise  that  among 
the  young  men  who  applauded  some  are  desirable 
and  would  be  proud  of  the  honor  of  an  invitation 
to  join  the  7th  Regiment. 


Thanks  to  the  Celebration  Committee 

The  complete  success  of  our  Centennial  Cele- 
bration in  all  of  its  phases  has  elicited  encomiums 
from  participants,  observers  and  the  Press  gen- 
erally. The  engine  of  preparation  and  arrange- 
ment, with  Maj.  Lydecker  as  chairman  at  the 
levers,  called  the  Committee  on  the  Celebration, 
although  ponderous,  worked  with  the  precision 
of  a  finely  adjusted  watch.  An  enormous  amount 
of  detail  was  dealt  with  and  so  successfully  that 
its  dispatch  suggested  that  a  committee  of  the 
caliber  of  the  cream  of  American  business  and 
professional  men  who  are  also  trained  to  the 
employment  of  military  system  is  ideal  for  the 
management  of  an  affair  so  important  that  it  can 
only  be  repeated  once  in  a  century. 

The  parade  of  the  Regiment  itself  was  in  the 
ordinary  course  of  events,  but  on  May  5th  it  was 
complicated  by  the  participation  of  our  veteran 
auxiliaries ;  however,  all  progressed  like  clock- 
work. The  banquet,  with  its  difficulties  arising 
from  the  fact  that  it  was  the  best  patronized 
gastronomic  function  ever  held  in  the  city,  or, 
it  is  supposed,  in  America,  was  enjoyed  with 
nothing  to  detract  from  its  gustatory  and  social 
pleasures  and  the  programme  of  mental  pabulum 
which  ensued  progressed  with  model  smoothness. 
For  the  great  work  of  the  Committee  the  Regi- 
ment is  in  its  lasting  debt  and  as  the  Voice  of 
the  Seventh  the  Gazette  assures  the  Committee 
on  the  Celebration  that  its  completely  successful 
efforts  are  appreciated  thoroughly  and — Gentle- 
men, we  thank  you. 


Men  Die,  But  Memories  Can  Live 

One  of  the  most  delightful  effects  of  our 
celebration  was  its  reuniting  old  comrades  and 
the  reminiscences  evoked  by  their  meeting. 
The  incident  told  elsewhere  of  the  timely  gift 
of  a  lemon  by  a  veteran  suggests  that  now  is 
the  time  to  uncover  and  describe,  for  record. 


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similar  experiences  that  are  such  strong  bonds 
between  brethren  under  arms  and  links  be- 
tween the  days  of  long  ago  and  now.  The 
Gazette  earnestly  invites  the  contribution  of 
all  such  delightful  reminiscences  which  will 
be  gratefully  received  and  published.  To  those 
who  cherish  them  in  the  garden  of  memory  we 
say,  let  us  gather  them  while  we  may. 

Advertisers   Made  "Centennial   Gazette" 
Possible 

It  is  not  with  a  merely  perfunctory  courtesy 
that  the  Editor  of  the  Gazette  thanks  the  ad- 
vertisers in  the  two  issues  comprising  the  Cen- 
tennial Gazetfe  for  their  generous  and  splendid 
patronage.  It  is  mentioned  with  pleasure  that 
from  among  the  numerous  compliments  received 
on  the  appearance  of  our  May  issue  some  of 
the  highest  are  from  advertisers  who  also  have 
expressed  their  satisfaction  with  their  invest- 
ment in  this  medium  through  which  they  have 
reached  the  active  and  veteran  members  of  the 
Seventh  and  a  countless  number  of  their  legion 
of  friends.  It  is  timely  to  add  that  but  for  this 
generous  patronage  it  would  have  been  impos- 
sible to  give  our  regular  subscribers,  without 
extra  charge,  this  special  edition  of  two  issues 
which  is  probably  the  most  extensive  ever  pub- 
lished by  a  publication  of  the  genus  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  Gazette.  It  is  therefore 
asked  of  the  men  of  the  Seventh,  active  and  vet- 
eran, that  they  bear  this  in  mind  and  by  way  of 
appreciation  whenever  possible,  to  patronize  our 
advertisers  as  a  partial  return  for  the  good  they 
have  done  the  Regiment.  It  is  not  necessary 
to  recapitulate  the  values  of  our  May  issue,  but 
with  its  condensed  historv  of  the  Regiment  and 
its  many  other  historical  and  record  features, 
such  as  Adj.  Falls'  history  of  the  Regiment's 
uniform,  it  was  an  epitomized  presentment  of 
the  Regiment  in  its  first  hundred  years.  There 
heretofore  has  not  existed  nor  would  there  prob- 
ably ever  be  any  equal  single  source  of  informa- 
tion that  could  briefly  educate  so  well  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Seventh,  especially  those  of  the 
present  younger  generation,  about  their  hon- 
ored organization  or  show  it  in  better  form  to 
its  friends.  Therefore  we  are  grateful  to  our 
advertisers  and  ask  that  our  subscribers  recip- 
rocate their  patronage  when  it  is  possible  to  do 
so. 


Kelley  Wins  Lawn  Tennis  Title 
Carleton  C.  Kelley.  Co.  I,  the  ex-champion 
lawn  tennis  player  of  the  Regiment,  won  the 
championship  singles  May  19,  on  the  dirt  courts 
of  the  West  Side  Lawn  Tennis  Club.  Kelley  de- 
feated  William    R.    Cragin.   Jr.,   also   of   Co.    I. 


Co.  C's  Surpassing  Marksmanship 
The  sequel  to  a  surpassing  success  with  some 
temperaments  is  to  slacken  effort  and  in  sweet 
idleness  to  enjoy  fame  and  the  bubble  reputation. 
Of  different  timber  are  the  riflemen  of  Co.  C. 
The  Third  Company's  sure  shots  in  May,  1905, 
in  the  State  rifle  competitions  at  Creedmoor  made 
a  monumental  record  that  cast  shadows  by  its 
burning  glare  on  the  shooting  of  even  the  nine 
other  Companies  of  the  sharp-shooting  Seventh. 
Unsatisfied  with  this  preeminence,  the  marksmen 
of  Co.  C  with  constant  practice  maintained  their 
wonderful  form,  and  this  year  when  May  came 
round  again  they  stepped  out,  faced  the  butts  of 
Creedmoor,  and  did  it  again.  The  induitable 
facts  and   figures  are   found   elsewhere   in   this 


issue. 


Our   Centennial    Number   Appreciated 

The  May  issue  of  the  Gazette,  the  Centennial 
Number — or  Part  I  of  it — elicited  enthusiastic 
encomiums,  verbal,  written  and  printed,  to  an 
extent  that  forbids  naming  the  authors,  since  all 
cannot  be  given  credit.  While  the  greatest  de- 
gree of  satisfaction  is  felt  in  the  Gazette's  sanc- 
tum over  the  praise  from  the  veterans  and  the 
officers  and  men  of  the  Regiment,  it  is  an  appre- 
ciated tribute  that  has  come  from  many  editors 
and  publishers  and  others  connected  with  pub- 
lishing which  has  the  value  of  expert  testimony. 
In  turn,  the  Gazette  would  express  gratitude 
and  appreciation  to  all  collaborators  and,  as  it 
has  previously  done,  to  the  advertisers,  without 
whose  providence  of  "the  sinews  of  war"  the 
achievement  of  our  Centennial  Number  would 
have  been  beyond  financial  practicability.  It  is 
not  proposed  to  rest  upon  the  editorial  oars  and 
laurels,  but  to  go  on  making  the  Gazette  more 
valuable  than  ever  to  the  Regiment  and  to  all  our 

readers.  

Photographs  of  the  Centennial 
The  weather  conditions  at  the  time  of  the 
parade  and  the  lateness  in  the  day  prevented  the 
host  of  photographers  from  getting  very  good  re- 
sults. Some  of  the  best  pictures  which  we  have 
seen  were  taken  by  the  Pictorial  News  Co.,  of  138 
West  42nd  St.,  New  York  City,  and  several  of 
them,  including  one  of  the  banquet,  are  repro- 
duced in  this  issue  of  the  Gazette. 


May  and  June  Gazettes  bound  in  cloth,  $1.00, 
in  time  will  become  a  priceless  souvenir. 


7th  Men  Become  Officers  in  the  gth 

Two  members  of  Co.  B  have  been  honored 
with  commissions  in  the  9th  Regt.  Frank  W. 
Tansley  has  been  appointed  Battalion  Adjutant, 
and  Nelson  M.  Pattison  has  been  appointed 
Battalion  Quartermaster.  Both  officers  will  rank 
as  First  Lieutenants.  Frederick  M.  Dearborn, 
recently  elected  Second  Lieutenant  in  Co.  F,  9th 
Reet..  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  7th  Regt., 
and  in  1808  was  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  171st 
Regt.,  which  was  organized  as  a  reserve  \yhile 
the  71st  was  at  the  front. 


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Baseball 

The  season  opened  rather  ominously  on  April  14, 
at  Richmond  Hill  where  the  cold  wind,  rough 
diamond  and  smooth  playing  of  the  oth^r  team 
(•qsdlted  jn  a  bad  defeat  for  the  Regiment, 
Nothing  daunted,  the  men  settled  down  to  hard 
practice,  especially  at  the  training  table,  (the 
only  place  where  the  batters  pull  away  from  the 
plate)  and  soon  winter  kinks  began  to  disappear 
and  Doc  Ayres  and  Ben  Vorhis  began  again 
to  fit  their  uniforms. 

In  the  Oritani  Field  Club  game  a  week  later, 
the  team  was  in  fair  shape  and  nosed  out  a  ten- 
inning  victory  7  to  6.  Bob  Vorhis,  who  has 
come  around  earlier  than  usual  this  season, 
pitched  brilliant  ball,  striking  out  nine  men  and 
also  did  the  heaviest  batting  for  his  side.  He 
was  unsupported  by  his  infield,  who  seemed  un- 
able to  keep  the  ball  from  running  up  their 
sleeves  and  trouser  legs.  King  Smith,  who  has 
shown  wonderful  improvement,  was  a  star  at 
the  bat  and  in  running  bases.  He  reached  ist 
base  safely  six  times.  He  plays  a  hard  dash- 
ing game  and  is  a  great  run  getter.  Larendon 
did  the  catching  in  this  game,  but  the  follow- 
ing practice  day  sustained  an  injury  to  his  hand 
that  will  keep  him  out  of  the  game  for  the 
season. 

The  Crescent  A.  C.  were  next  on  the  list  and 
they  looked  formidable  indeed  in  their  array  of 
college  stars,  but  Bob  Vorhis  had  by  this  time 
gotten  into  his  swing  and  pitched  another  great 
game  striking  out  ten  men  and  allowing  only 
five  hits.  We  won  5  to  4  in  a  most  exciting  con- 
test.    Jim  Slosson,  who  is  playing  better  every 
game,  and  Mercer  of  last  year's  Yale  Freshman 
team,  made  the  most  opportune  hits,  sending  in 
the  winning  runs.     Bert  Vorhis  at  second  base 
was  a  busy  man  and  gave  a  pretty  exhibition. 
Ned  Slosson  at  third  and  Patterson  at  "short," 
also  pounced  upon  all  stray  flies  and  grounders. 
Then   came   Montclair,   where   we   were   so 
badly  beaten  last  year.     We  went  out  for  re- 
venge and  got  it  15  to  o.     Bob  Vorhis  was  in- 
vincible and  backed  up  by  brother  Ben  had  the 
heavy  hitting  college  men  at  his  mercy,  allowing 
only  4  hits.    Ben  distinguished  himself  by  throw- 
ing out  Frank  Quimby,  the  former  Yale  captain, 
tr>'ing    to    steal    second.      Quimby    is    probably 
the     fastest     amateur     base     runner     in     the 
country  to-day,  although  our  own  Haywood,  who 
is  naturally  a  speedier  sprinter,  should  develop 
into  a  champion.     When  Haywood  reaches  first 
it    is  ^  all    off.      Mercer   played   &.   grand    game 
reaching  first  safely  every  time  he  came  to  bat, 
scoring  three  runs  and  making  two  pretty  catch- 
es in  centrefield.    Both  the  Slossons  batted  finely 
and  our  entire  infield.  Ayres,  B.  Vorhis,  Smith 
and  Ned  Slosson  were  sure  on  grounders  and 
lined  the  ball  to  the  bases  like  a  bullet.     Doc. 
Ayres  in  spite  of  his  roly-poly  exterior,  is  as  spry 
as  any  and  stole  bases  with  the  utmost  sang- 


froid. "Lance"  Wilson,  the  "ex-Boss  Manager," 
came  out  with  Lts.  Wall  and  Toussaint  in  tow, 
and  was  the  star  rooter.  He  promptly  called 
a  coacher  down  for  advising  Ned  Slosson  to 
let  the  ball  hit  him  in  the  head  and  thus  get  to 
first  base. 

The  baseball  squad  is  composed  of  the  fol- 
lowing men : 

"Ben"  Vorhis  (Captain),  Co.  G. ;  "Bert"  Vor- 
his, Co.  G ;  Lawrence  F.  Vorhis,  Co.  G ;  R.  Pat- 
terson, Co.  G;  Robert  R.  Vorhis,  Co.  D;  H.  L. 
Collier,  Co.  D;  Edward  Slosson,  Co.  I;  James 
S.  Slosson,  Co.  I;  L.  D.  Ayers,  Co.  F;  William 
S.  Sheehan,  Co.  E;  Malcolm  Havwood,  Co.  E; 
King  Smith,  Co.  K;  Marshall  Peabody,  Co.  I; 
Fred'k  Kenny,  Co.  C;  T.  F.  Mercer,  Co.  B;  R. 
E.  Larendon  (Manager)  Co.  G. 

STATEN    ISLAND    CRICKET    CLUB   4 7TH    REGT.    II. 

The  team  won  its  fourth  consecutive  victory 
May  19  at  Staten  Island.  The  team  played  well 
both  in  the  field  and  at  the  bat.  Staten  Island 
could  not  do  much  with  Bob  Vorhis,  who  held 
them  down  to  three  runs  in  seven  innings.  "Big" 
Collier,  of  Co.  D,  pitched  the  last  two  innings 
and  one  run  was  made  oflF  of  his  delivery.  King 
Smith  played  a  snappy  game,  his  hitting  and  base 
running  being  the  feature.  "Nick"  Donnelly,  the 
great  short  stop,  who  played  so  many  years  on 
the  Regimental  team  was  Captain  of  the  Staten 
Island  team  and  played  a  grand  game. 

WEST   POINT   3 7TH    REGT.    2 

The  Baseball  team  was  defeated  by  West 
Point  on  Decoration  Day  by  three  to  two. 
Details  of  the  game  will  appear  in  the  July 
Gazette. 


Drill  Percentages  for  March 

For  the  month  of  March,  1906,  the  official 
report  of  the  percentage  of  attendance  at  drills'  in 
the  National  Guard  show  that  among  the  regi- 
menal organizations  the  7th  Regt.  made  the  best 
showing,  with  a  percentage  of  93,  and  the  69th 
Regt.  was  second,  with  91  per  cent.  The  other 
regimental  organizations  follow  in  this  order:  2d 
Regt.,  90;  I2th,  89;  13th,  88;  71st,  88;  22nd, 
86 ;  47th,  86  ;  74th,  85 ;  ist,  84 ;  9th,  84 ;  23d,  84 ; 
loth,  81 ;  14th,  80 ;  8th,  78 ;  and  65th,  76.  Among 
the  mounted  organizations  the  First  Signal  Co. 
leads  with  98  per  cent.  The  other  commands  in 
order  of  merit  stand  as  follows:  Squadron  C, 
97 ;  3d  Battery,  95 ;  Squadron  A,  94 ;  2d  Signal 
Co.,  94;  6th  Battery,  94;  Troop  B,  92;  ist  Bat- 
tery, 91 ;  and  2d  Battery,  90. 


Cos.  C  and  F  are  priding  themselves  upon 
having  attained  the  highest  percentage  in  March 
for  average  attendance  at  drills.  Both  companies 
had  a  percentage  of  95.  The  percentage  of  the 
other  companies,  arranged  in  order  of  merit,  was 
as  follows :  I,  94  ;  B.  93  ;  D.  92 :  E,  92 ;  K,  92 ; 
G.  91 ;  H,  91 ;  and  A,  87.— TV.  Y.  Tribune. 


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N.  C.  S.  Notes 

It  seems  appropriate  at  this  Centennial  time 
to  mention  some  of  the  illustrious  men  who  have 
served  on  the  Non-Commissioned  Staff. 

We  recall  such  names  as  Grafulia  and  Cappa, 
both  famous  band  leaders,  known  from  one  end 
of  the  country  to  the  other.  Color-Bearer 
Braisted,  serving  over  fifty  long  and  faithful 
years,  was  a  lesson  in  patriotism  and  Seventh 
Regiment  spirit  that  should  be  taught  to  every 
recruit.  The  late  Drum-Major  John  M.  Smit^ 
also  with  fifty  years  of  military  service,  (a  great 
part  of  which  was  with  the  Seventh)  was  another 
well-known  figure.  There  is  another  name  which 
will  bring  back  the  memory  of  a  man  whom  we 
all  loved  and  respected,  who  served  as  sergeant 
major  and  became  adjutant — the  late  Adjutant 
George  J.  Weaver.  Serving  as  adjutant  during 
the  trying  times  of  1898,  he  displayed  a  strength 
of  character  and  withal  was  so  approachable  that 
we  were  endeared  to  him  more  than  words  can 
tell. 

So  many  distinguished  names  come  to  mind 
that  we  cannot  find  room  in  these  notes  to  speak 
of  each  at  length,  so  therefore  we  will  reprint  a 
list  published  in  a  small  pamphlet  by  the  N.  C. 
S.  Association,  and  trust  that  if  any  errors  or 
omissions  are  noted  notice  will  be  given  us  at 
once: 

HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

Name  Rank  on  N.  C.  S. 

Robert  C.  Rathbone,  Sgt.  of  Guard,  Q.  M.  Sgt., 
Sgt.-Maj. 

L.  L.  S.  Clearman,  Com.-Sgt.,  Q.  M.  Sgt.,  Sgt.- 
Maj. 

James  J.  Morison,  Left  General  Guide 

Richard  F.  Ware,  Color  Bearer,  Sgt.-Maj. 

James  M.  Wilson,  Hospital  Steward. 

John  Mc  Kesson,  Left  General  Guide. 

Charles  S.  Bull,  Hospital  Steward. 

Marshall  Lefferts,  jr.,  R.  General  Guide,  Com.- 
Sgt. 

Charles  H.  Winans,  Ord.-Sgt. 

Charles  L.  Gunn,  Military  Secretary. 

Charles  J.  Therriott,  L.  Gen.  Guide,  R.  Gen. 
Guide. 

Wm.  M.  Whitnev,  Regimental  Secretary. 

Charles  H.  Covel'l,  Sgt.-Maj. 

James  P.  Burrell,  L.  Gen.  Guide,  Sgt.-Maj. 

William  B.  Caughtry,  L.  Gen.  Guide.  Ord.-Sgt., 
Sgt.-Maj. 

W.  H.  Langley,  Left  General  Guide. 

C.  W.  Wernig.  Band  Leader. 

Tohn  Le  BoutilHer,  Left  General  Guide. 

William  H.  Heisser,  Left  General  Guide. 

E.  C.  Ray.  Jr.,  Q.  M.  Sgt. 

John  K.  Green.  L.  General  Guide,  R.  General 
Guide. 

George  G.  Stow,  Color  Bearer. 

A.  L.  Wickert,  L.  General  Guide. 

William  G.  Bates.  Sgt.-Maj. 

Jonathan  Dwight,  Jr..  Ordinance-Sgt. 


John  T.  Fisher,  Q.  M.  Sgt. 

G.  F.  Bates,  Color  Bearer. 

J.  Henry  Townsend,  Sgt.-Maj. 

William  H.  Folsom,  Sgt.-Maj. 

J.  Weston  Myers,  Com.-Sgt. 

Thomas  W.  Linton,  Hospital  Steward. 

DeWitt  C.  Falls,  Sgt.-Maj. 

C.  Otto  Toussaint,  Sgt.-Maj. 

Louis  E.  Vannier,  Sgt.-Maj. 

Henry  A.  Bostwick,  Sgt.-Maj. 

George  S.  Towle,  Sgt.-Maj. 

Herbert  Grosbeck,  Color  Bearer. 

Edward  D.  Rudderow,  Hospital  Steward. 

Charles  W.  Whitney,  Q.  M.  Sgt. 

Edward  L.  Nicoll,  Color  Bearer. 

William  F.  Wall,  Sgt.-Maj. 

Robert  M.  Kalloch,  Ord.-Sgt. 

F.  M.  Dearborn,  Asst.  Hospital  Steward. 

Thomas  A.  Neal,  Asst.  Hospital  Steward. 

DECEASED   MEMBERS. 

W.  C.  Piatt  Louis  B.  Rader 

C.  S.  Grafulia  W.  H.  Gibson 

Willis  Van  Winkle  Charles  H.  Winans 

Wm.  S.  Wheelwright   Thomas  H.  Pierce 
John  H.  Draper  S.  O.  Ryder 

Robert  M.  Weed  Charles  Appleby 

E.  W.  Price  C.  A.  Cappa 

Peter  D.  Braisted,  Jr.      Ernest  Neyer 
William  B.  Freeman      Isaac  W.  Dean 
Edward  Foote  John  F.  Long 

John  D.  Crouch  David  Graham 

Thomas  Clark,  Jr.  George  J.  Weaver 

John  M.  Smith 

We  have  not  mentioned  the  present  members 
as  their  names  appeared  in  the  last  Gazette. 
We  have  one  vacancy  at  present.  Assistant  Hos- 
pital Steward,  Thomas  A.  Neal  having  been  pro- 
moted to  the  grade  of  Captain  in  the  Field  Hos- 
pital, attached  to  General  Roe's  Headquarters. 

Edwin  S.  Coy. 


May  5,  1906,  was  a  great 
day.  Great  for  the  Regi- 
ment. Great  for  the  First 
Company.  Great  for  every 
active  or  ex-member  who  has 
served  with  the  colors ;  for 
the  day  marked  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  birth  of  Cos.  A,  B,  C, 
and  D,  which  grew  so  gloriously  into  our  splen- 
did Regiment.  As  the  reports,  detailed  and  ex- 
haustive, of  the  parade,  banquet  and  speeches  of 
the  celebration,  appear  elsewhere  in  this  issue 
of  The  Gazette,  only  a  few  things  peculiarly 
First  Company,  will  be  mentioned. 

The  absentees  were  Sgt.  Ford,  who  was  se- 
riously ill  at  the  time,  but  we  are  happy  to  state,  is 
now  on  the  mend ;  Pvts.  Woolley  on  furlough — 
out  West  on  business ;  Ferguson,  honeymooning, 
having  married  on  April  25  at  Melrose  Park, 
Philadelphia,    Miss    Marie    Halsall.      Our    best 


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wishes  for  a  long  and  happy  life  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ferguson.  There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that 
the  other  absentees,  Dixon,  Henderson,  Hoffstat- 
ter  (2),  Byam  and  Taylor  were  unable  to  attend 
on  account  of  some  good  reason. 

The  shower,  as  we  rested  on  Madison  Avenue, 
somewhat  spoiled  our  neat  appearance ;  still  all 
this  discomfort  was  forgotten  quickly,  when, 
standing  at  "Present  Arms,"  the  veteran  and 
former  members  of  the  various  companies  passed 
by  in  review.  In  appearance  and  marching  they 
were  fine.  Our  five  companies  of  veterans  were 
commanded  by  Capt.  Janssen,  Lt.  Voorhees,  Capt. 
Kelley,  Sgt.  Stanton  and  Lt.  Cummings. 

Out  of  the  Spanish  War  veterans  six  were 
First  Company  men — Maguire,  Curnen,  Massa- 
rene,  Rooney,  Towne  and  Saportas. 

Upon  our  return  from  the  parade  and  when 
in  quarters,  Capt.  Schastey,  on  behalf  of  the 
members  of  the  Company  presented  Pvt.  C.  A. 
J.  Queckberner  with  a  gold  medal  for  twenty 
years'  service  in  the  Company.  His  record  for 
these  years  is  almost  one  hundred  per  cent,  in 
every  duty.  To  be  so  honored  on  such  a  memor- 
able occasion  was  indeed  joy  to  the  American 
Hercules  (that  was). 

The  banquet  tables  occupied  by  the  First 
Company  were  the  handsomest  of  all,  for  the 
committee  in  charge  added  to  the  general  deco- 
ration of  cherry  blossoms  and  greens  a  number 
of  National  flags,  (presented  by  Emil  T.  Palmen- 
berg)  topped  with  "A's"  and  after  the  banquet 
things  were  made  still  more  picturesque  by  the 
throwing  of  confetti  and  tossing  of  toys,  such  as 
airships,  and  vari-colored  balloons,  most  of  the 
latter,  however,  resembling  purple  sausages, 
probably  from  Rohe's  factory ;  anyway  it  was 
carnival  time  with  us.  Everyone  was  as  happy 
as  good-fellowship  and  good  cheer  could  make 
him.  About  this  time  a  number  of  our  former 
members  proclaimed  their  intention  to  return  at 
once  to  the  dear  old  First  Company.  Lt.  Jordan 
and  Pete  Maguire  were  the  spokesmen  for  these 
quick  returners.  Did  any  one  or  did  not  any 
one  notice  the  close  intimacy  between  George 
Everall  and  Sands?  At  Creedmoor  it  was  re- 
marked that  this  "Damon  and  Pythias"  friend- 
ship had  not  in  the  least  abated. 

Mr.  John  Jerome  Rooney,  who  read  an 
original  poem  "The  Citizen  'Soldier,"  is  the 
brother  of  dear  old  comrade  Leo  J.  Rooney. 

The  handsome  official  programme  of  the  cele- 
bration can  be  obtained  from  Duffield,  who  will 
have  a  number  for  sale  until  the  latter  part  of 
June. 

It  seems  that  some  of  our  ex-members  thought 
because  the  history  of  the  First  Company  in  the 
Centennial  number  of  the  Gazette  was  set  up  in 
small  type,  that  our  Company  was  slighted, 
whereas,  the  space  allotted  by  the  editor  being 
too  small  for.  the  matter  submitted,  that  size  type 
was  absolutely  necessary  in  order  to  get  it  all  in 


print.  We  will  be  thankful  to  be  informed  of  any 
errors  or  omissions  that  may  be  discovered  in  the 
outline  of  the  history  of  the  Company  as  it  is  the 
intention  of  Mr.  Barrows  to  complete  his  excellent 
work  and  put  it  in  book  form  in  the  near  future. 
Notwithstanding  the  large  number  of  absen- 
tees on  Creedmoor  Day  the  systematic  eliforts  of 
Lt.  Fisk,  I.  S.  A.  P.,  resulted  in  excellent  work  of 
the  Company  in  the  skirmish  run,  our  actual 
shots,  bringing  us  within  nine  per  cent  of  Co. 
C,  the  winner,  and  eight  per  cent,  better  than  our 
work  of  last  year,  going  to  prove  that  we  can 
shoot  as  well  as  the  other  companies.  Of  course 
with  the  absentees  there  was  no  chance  to  win. 
Every  man  present  qualified  as  a  marksman, 
Wakeman,  with  20,  21,  20,  was  Champion 
Marksman.  Lt.  Naisawald  and  Cpl.  Scriven 
qualified  as  sharpshooters  and  Sgt.  Rosevelt  got 
half  way  through. 

Pvt.  Plenderson  has  been  dropped.  Pvt. 
Wakeman  is  going  into  business  somewhere  near 
Three  Rivers,  Can.,  and  has  taken  a  furlough 
for  three  months;  if  he  likes  the  conditions  he 
will  remain  there.  Will  Rohe  has  gone  to  Europe 
on  a  vaction.  Al  Rohe,  on  April  22,  was  present- 
ed by  his  wife  with  a  fine  boy.  Our  congratula- 
tions are  extended  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rohe  and 
Alfred  Rohe,  Jr. 

The  Ex-Members'  Association  passed  a  reso- 
lution at  their  last  meeting,  having  in  view  a 
joint  banquet  on  May  6,  1907,  similar  to  the  one 
of  1905.  to  commemorate  our  one  hundred  and 
first  birthday. 

Among  automobilists,  Everall  (i)  has  won 
distinction,  as  some  days  since,  somewhere  near 
City  Island,  he  was  overhauled  by  a  policeman  for 
speeding.  He  was  compelled  to  appear  at  the 
Tombs  the  next  day  and  after  the  glorious  op- 
portunity of  paying  a  fine  for  such  sport  he  was 
released.  Frederick  O'Byrne. 


Greetings:  We're  a  real 
antique,  now  that  we 
have  reached  the  hundred 
year  stage,  but  I  do  not 
think  anyone  will  have  to 
pass  around  chloroform 
for  awhile.  After  the  dis- 
play of  muster  rolls  in  the 
Main  Hall,  and  our  being 
handed  the  1806-1906  ban- 
ners, I  hope  everybody  is  satisfied  that  we  are 
the  oldest  inhabitant. 

Guess  our  birthday  party  was  quite  a  success. 
The  parade  was  threatened,  when  someone  care- 
lessly turned  off  the  sunshine,  but  as  we  all  could 
swim  nobody  cared.  One  thoughtful  Vet's  wife 
forestalled  possible  pneumonia  and  served  qui- 
nine and  what  goes  with  it,  from  a  balcony,  sav- 
ing at  least  a  dozen  lives.  Glad  our  Vets  weren't 
caught  in  the  cyclone,  as  they  looked  like  ready 
money  in  their  silk  hats.    Our  B  Co.  War  Vet- 


erans,  under  command  of  Gen.  Shaler,  nearly 
broke  up  the  parade  in  the  variety  of  uniforms. 
Capt.  Zabriskie  in  the  uniform  of  the  War  of 
1812  and  Gen.  Boyijilan,  of  the  Persian  Army, 
wore  the  most  brilliant.  Gen.  George  Moore 
Smith  commanded  the  uniformed  Veterans ;  Gen. 
Molineux  the  ist  Battalion;  and  still  another 
Second  Co.  man,  Maj.  Hovey,  U.  S.  A.,  the  2nd 
Battalion  of  War  Veterans. 

Everyone  enjoyed  the  speeches  and  a  happy 
"B"  squad  serenaded  Gen.  Grant  with  a  song, 
whose  first,  last  and  the  intermittent  lines  ran, 
"We  fought  with  Gen.  Grant  at  Vicksburg," — but 
the  General  didn't  seem  to  mind. 

The  reception  in  the  Co.  room  later,  remind- 
ed one  of  Friday  night  at  Camp,  and  when  Capt. 
Schuyler  announced  that  our  distinguished  ex- 
member.  Gen.  Shaler,  was  coming  up  the  stairs, 
the  Company,  to  make  him  feel  at  home,  formed 
a  howling  circle  around  the  surprised  General, 
and  I  do  not  think  he  needed  any  cards  handed  to 
him,  that  he  was  '"Welcome  to  our  City." 

"Bob"  Baltes  looked  mad  enough  to  "crush  a 
grape"  when  he  was  detailed,  but  his  feelings 
were  nothing  to  mine,  when  I  was  thrown  into 
the  rear  rank.  There  is  a  reward  offered  for  the 
capture  of  the  man  who  told  the  ist  Sgt.  some- 
one was  to  be  on  the  sidewalk.  They  couldn't 
find  me  with  blue  glasses. 

Ninety-eight  men  and  our  officers  went  to 
Creedrnoor  and  made  their  mark  on  May  16, 
everybody  qualifying  as  a  marksman ;  and  Capt. 
Schuyler,  Lt.  Halsted,  Sgt.  Fowler,  Cpl.  Kervan, 
"Pvt."  Beach  and  Pvts.  Thees  and  Schafer  won 
their  sharp-shooter  bar. 

I  don't  know  who  was  "Queen  of  the  May" 
and  won  the  Champion  Marksman  Bar.  I  won 
something,  but  by  advice  of  counsel  won't  .say 
how  many. 

This  Company  has  been  either  first  or  second 
in  the  Skirmish  Run  ever  since  these  matches 
were  started,  and  it  was  a  sad  crowd  when  Capt, 
Schuyler  announced  that  our  score  had  been 
thrown  out,  owing  to  our  taking  twenty  seconds 
more  than  the  time  limit. 

When  the  Company  was  dismissed,  three  as 
rousing  cheers  as  ever  were  heard  in  the  Armory 
assured  Capt.  Schuyler  we  were  all  behind  hitn. 
.\t  this  writing  no  scores  have  been  announced, 
but  if  the  volleys  had  anything  to  do  with  it. 
we  made  good. 

There  are  a  great  many  new  faces  in  the  Co., 
but  they  acted  like  a  lot  of  veterans,  most  of 
them  goiner  through  on  their  first  strings. 

The  Rifle  Committee  wants  to  urge  upon 
every  man  in  the  Co.  the  necessity  of  going  down 
and  getting  his  sharp-shooter  bar. 

"Deacon"  Young  vou  are  getting  to  be  too 
bie  a  boy  for  that  noise  outside  the  Armory  on 
the  way  home. 

The  little  "Sammy  Sneeze"  cheer.  "Kah.  Kah. 


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Kah,  Chow,"  seemed  to  make  a  "hit."  Sort  of 
an  impromptu  shower. 

No,  that  song  about  "The  next  horse  I  ride 
on  I'm  going  to  be  tied  on,"  doesn't  esoecially 
appeal  to  me. 

One  of  our  latest  acquisitions,  Pvt.  "Scar 
Face"  Mercer  has  made  good  right  off  on  the 
base-ball  team.  He  batted  100  per  cent,  in  the 
game  at  Montclair,  incidentally  nearly  losing  an 
ear  on  a  slide  to  second  base,  and  leads  the  team 
at  present  in  batting. 

Those  nice  little  parties  on  Thursday  nights 
during  the  summer,  which  were  so  successful 
last  year,  I  am  told  are  to  be  kept  up.  It  should 
be  "good-night  nurse"  for  any  other  date,  and 
come  over  and  "Look  at  who's  here." 

Seven  foot  Grant  wants  to  put  in  an  "ad"  for 
an  overcoat.  The  best  our  Q.  M.  could  do  was 
the  one  little  "Charley"  McClave  left.  It's  all 
right  in  the  summer  time!— Yes,  it's  lovely— but 
Oh !  Oh !  in  the  winter  time  *  *  ! 

Regret  that  several  of  the  men  have  asked  for 
their  discharges.  One  vacancy  which  will  be 
hard  to  fill  is  "Ed"  Johnson.  Hope  someone  will 
use  a  little  judgment  and  send  him  back  to  us  in 
the  fall.  Harry  Parker. 

The  Centennial  Celebra- 
tion is  now  a  memory  of  the 
past — an  inspiration  for  the 
future,  which  cannot  but  be 
of  inestimable  value  to  the 
/th  Regt.  Every  arrange- 
ment for  the  great  event  was 
perfect,  to  the  minutest  de- 
tail. The  march  down  Fifth 
Avenue  was  executed  in  such  fashion  as  to  re- 
ceive the  commendation  of  the  throngs  of  sight- 
seers that  lined  both  sides  of  the  Avenue  from 
66th  to  34th  Street ;  their  attention  and  interest, 
so  clearly  and  positively  evinced  on  a  half-holi- 
day, indicated  that  the  Regiment  had  a  close 
hold  on  their  regard,  and  appealed  to  their  civic 
pride. 

The  Grand  Marshal  and  his  staff,  the  one 
typifying  the  earnest,  capable  military  officer  of 
high  ideals,  the  man  who  does  things,  and  does 
them  so  as  to  make  all  his  men  cherish  the  privi- 
lege of  serving  under  so  able,  so  hearty,  so  whole- 
souled  a  man,  and  the  others,  graduates  of  our 
,\lma  Mater,  who,  preserving  the  traditions  of 
their  old  command,  have  earned  distinction  in  the 
military  bodies  to  which  they  now  owe  alle- 
p-ifince,  were  an  inspiration  to' all  who  followed 
them. 

Our  acting  Colonel,  than  whom  no  regiment 
ever  followed  a  better — erect,  soldierly,  inspiring 
respect  and  confidence  bv  his  fine  personalitv  and 
impressive  bearing. 

The  Major  of  the  "Steady  Second"  battalion, 
precise,   alert — an   officer  to   whose  painstaking 


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thoroughness  and  unusual  mihtary  acquirements 
so  much  of  the  Regiment's  efidciency  is  due. 

The  chief  of  the  First  Battalion,  whose  unsel- 
fish labors  and  high  executive  capacity,  contribut- 
ed so  much  to  the  success  of  the  prodigious  affair 
that  our  Centennial  proved  to  be,  and  made  it  a 
model. 

Our  own  three  good  men  of  the  line  who  so 
untiringly  devoted  themselves  to  the  successful 
performance  of  the  many  duties  that  were  their 
portion  of  endeavor  upon  our  historic  occasion. 

The  marching  cohorts  of  our  veteran  clans ; 
their  handsome  alignments  and  fine,  well  set  up 
appearance  proved  them  worthy  to  accompany 
the  frayed  and  tattered  banners,  the  orifiammes  of 
so  many  stoutly  fought  fields,  which  received  the 
respectful  salute  of  their  junior  comrades,  and  had 
been  borne  by  our  veterans  in  other  days.  A  cap- 
able nucleus  they  were,  those  men,  to  officer  com- 
mands of  the  future  whose  efficiency  few  might 
justly  question. 

Our  love  and  our  respect  must  ever  belong 
to  our  gallant  seniors,  who,  in  season  and  out.  in 
gladsome  and  in  darksome  days,  in  times  of 
doubt  and  in  times  of  misunderstanding,  have 
been  our  stay  and  prop,  our  incentive  and  our 
glory. 

The  banquet,  it  may  be  said,  eclipsed  all  ex- 
pectations. The  noble  proportions  of  the  drill 
hall  were  emphasized  by  decorations  at  once  ap- 
propriate, effective,  and  beautiful.  It  was  a  verit- 
able symposium  of  good-fellowship  and  good 
cheer,  signalized  by  telling  and  notable  addresses 
by  men  of  well-deserved  prominence  in  their 
country's  affairs,  and  graced  by  the  attendance 
of  men  of  world-wide  fame,  whose  presence  at 
our  celebration  was  a  compliment  to  the  old 
Seventh,  which  shall  never  lack  of  hearty  ap- 
preciation. 

A  century's  span,  a  course  well  run.  Grate- 
ful salutations  to  all  who  have  made  it  a  progress 
of  honor  and  of  worthiness. 

Co.  "C"  Creedmoor  Champions!  (If  anyone 
tells  you  that  "C"  Co.'s  notes  on  shooting  in  the 
June,  1905  Gazette  commenced  this  way — just 
acknowledge  that  they  did,  and  we  propose  to 
keep  it  standing  for  use  next  year.)  We  broke 
our  own  record  by  a  small  margin,  and  finished 
a  trifle  further  in  the  lead  than  usual.  We  made 
638  hits  on  the  target,  out  of  a  possible  830,  which 
is  about  yy  per  cent.  Last  year  we  had  75  per 
cent,  of  our  hits  on  the  target,  which  figures 
show  a  gain  this  year  of  2  per  cent. 

Our  steady  progress  in  outdoor  shooting  may 
be  shown  by  taking  our  Creedmoor  record  since 
1900.  In  that  year  we  finished  third.  In  iQoi, 
second ;  1902,  first.  In  1903  we  were  not  in  it — 
not  because  the  men  could  not  shoot — but  because 
of  a  coaching  error  in  figuring  wind.  In  the 
last  three  years.  1904,  1905  and  1906,  we  have 
won  handilv. 


Our  figure  of  merit  for  each  of  the  last  three 
years,  which  also  goes  to  show  our  steady  im- 
provement, follows : 

Knickerbocker  Gray.  O'Donohue.  Stat«. 

;904    23.32                       64.16  64.16 

1..05    40.02                       70.01  70.01 

19OC1    40.47                       70.23  70.^3 

How  do  we  do  it?  Well,  some  say  that  we 
are  lucky.  Major  Palmer  has  said  that  the 
answer  is  "plugging  and  hard  work."  A  large 
percentage  of  our  men  would  probably  say  "safe, 
sane,  and  conservative  coaching  methods,  every 
man  having  a  healthy  interest  in  the  game,  and 
last  but  not  least,  normal  elevation." 

The  managing  editor  usually  gives  us  some 
little  space  in  his  department  of  the  June  issue 
each  year — last  year  he  revelled  in  the  lustre 
reflected  from  the  burnished  shield  of  Co.  C" — 
your  humble  scribe  cannot  rise  to  such  heights 
as  that — so  take  a  look  through  the  editorial 
section  and  perhaps  you  will  find  that  the  "M.  E." 
has  even  outdone  his  last  year's  effort. 

Q.  M.  Sgt.  Berg  almost  lost  his  little  black 
man  on  the  way  to  Creedmoor — Banks  was  stand- 
ing on  the  track  in  front  of  an  incoming  loco- 
motive— and  there  probably  would  have  been 
black  worn  in  Thompson  St.,  had  not  some  of 
the  boys  pulled  him  out  of  harm's  way.  The 
engine  was  number  333,  and  the  dingy  one,  in 
explaining  the  occurrence,  said  that  he  did  not 
move,  as  he  thought  from  the  number  that  it  was 
part  of  our  outfit. 

The  Entertainment  Committee  must  have  had 
some  inside  information  of  our  chances  at  Creed- 
moor, as  they  had  arranged  for  a  "Beefsteak 
Party,."  to  take  place  after  our  return  from  the 
range.  The  entire  Company  adjourned  to  the 
Palmer  House,  and  certainly  did  make  some 
"possibles"  on  the  steak.  It  was  one  of  the  best 
rackets  of  the  season,  and  our  hustling  Enter- 
tainment Committee  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
their  splendid  work,  and  ultimate  success. 

On  May  16,  Sgt.  Hugh  B.  Thomson  cele- 
brated the  loth  anniversary  of  his  appointment 
as  Superintendent  of  the  Armory.  He  was  the 
recipient  of  many  hearty  congratulations  and 
good  wishes.  Here's  to  your  good  health.  Ser- 
geant, and  many  more  years  as  happy  as  those 
just  past. 

Circulars  have  been  issued  referring  to  the 
entertainment  of  the  English  team,  who  will 
soon  be  with  us  to  compete  for  the  Sir  Howard 
Vincent  Trophy.  Our  response  should  be  gen- 
erous, that  our  English  cousins  may  realize  our 
keen  appreciation  of  the  multitude  of  courtesies 
shown  "Seventh"  men,  when  "on  the  other  side 
of  the  pond."  last  season. 

The  Regiment's  collection  of  art  treasures 
recently  has  been  enriched  by  the  addition  of 
paintings  by  Creifeld.  One  of  the  paintings  is 
of  •  our    former    Adjutant,    Captain    George    J. 


eeey^i^H^i 


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Weavtr.  This  picture  hangs  in  the  main  hall, 
opposite  the  stairway.  The  other  picture  is  of 
Mr.  Richard  H.  Halsted  and  adorns  the  field 
and  staff  room.  This  is  an  excellent  piece  of 
work — the  likeness  being  perfect.  It  is  a  most 
happy  idea  to  have  Mr.  Halsted's  picture  in  our 
collection,  as  he  is  a  loyal  and  devoted  friend  of 
the  Regiment. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Edith  Elizabeth 
Wamsley  and  Mr.  Ernest  Arnold  Herb  was 
celebrated  on  May  12th  at  Zion  and  St.  Timothy 
Church.  The  Third  Company  was  well  repre- 
sented at  the  ceremony  and  many  were  the  wishes 
extended  for  good  luck,  long  life  and  prosperity. 
The  happy  couple  will  spend  the  honeymoon 
abroad. 

"Snapper"  Hanft  is  on  a  trip  through  the 
South,  looking  after  some  of  his  tobacco  and 
fruit  interests. 

Anyone  witnessing  the  accident  to  the 
"Poland  Brothers,"  who  fell  off  the  cart  while 
traversing  the  "Great  White  Way,"  will  confer 
a  favor  bv  communicating  with  Box  23,  White 
Plains,  N.'  Y. 

At  the  regular  meeting  May  9,  Mr.  Bert 
Walter  Vos,  proposed  by  Pvt.  Willis,  was  elected 
to  membership.  We  can  use  a  few  more  good 
men,  therefore,  it  behooves  every  man  to  keep 
his  eyes  open,  so  that  we  may  start  in  the  Fall, 
with  a  full  Company.         Cooley  S.  Chapin. 


Who  will  ever  forget  the 
Centennial  Parade  of  our 
Company  on  May  6,  1906? 
Did  not  the  presence  of 
the  old  vets  inspire  in  each 
one  of  us  a  greater  pride  and 
love  for  our  Alma  Mater 
than  we  ever  felt  before? 
The  parade  of  the  veteran 
members  on  Madison  Ave.  while  we  stood  there 
at  "present,"  was  the  most  remarkable  thing  I 
ever  saw,  and  I  am  sure  every  man  felt  the  same 
way.  Our  Company's  part  was  fully  filled',  our 
attendance  at  the  dinner  large  and  equally  en- 
thusiastic, and  the  spectacle  witnessed  in  the 
Armory  as  we  all  assembled  in  the  drill  room 
was  a  sight  worth  going  miles  to  see  and  one 
which  will  never  be  equalled. 

The  events  of  that  day  will  go  down  in  the 
history  not  only  of  our  "Regiment,  but  of  the 
National  Guard,'  an  event  the  like  of  which  never 
has  nor  never  will  be  seen,  and  Col.  Appleton  and 
all  the  officers  should  be  especially  proud  of  the 
magnificent  demonstration. 

A  touching  episode  of  the  Centennial  Parade 
was  the  wav  in  which  Capt.  Mazet's  young  son 
sang  out,  "Daddy,  daddy,"  as  the  Company 
passed  by  him. 

The  refreshments  served  in  the  Company 
room  were  most  welcome  and  whoever  was 
thoughtful  enough  to  prepare  them  deserves  our 


sincere  thanks.  The  ladies  of  the  house  on 
Madison  Avenue,  (I  think  the  number  was  186) 
deserve  our  heartfelt  thanks  for  their  hospitality 
in  allowing  us  to  use  their  home  for  shelter 
when  the  rain  came  down  so  heavy. 

Who  knew  that  ex-Private  Zorn  was  a  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  12th  until  the  parade,  and  did  you 
know  that  you  had  Adjutant  Richards,  5th  Ga., 
as  a  guest  the  same  night? 

Fred  Pollard,  having  completed  his  twenty 
years  of  service  has  been  presented  by  the  Com- 
pany with  a  gold  Cross  of  Honor,  to  celebrate 
the  event. 

In  the  recent  trouble  in  the  Philippines  Lt. 
Arthur  Poillon  (ex.  Co.  D)  was  aide-de-camp 
on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Bliss  and  his  sketches  of  the 
battlefield  were  used  as  the  basis  of  attack  on  that 
occasion. 

We  went  to  Creedmoor  last  month,  and  the 
percentage  of  the  Company  was  kept  down  by 
the  number  of  men  extraordinarily  busy  else- 
where on  that  day. 

On  the  list  of  men  distinguished  for  long  and 
faithful  service  Co.  D  has  20  men,  whose  aggre- 
gate length  of  service  is  402  years,  an  average  of 
over  20  years  per  man — that's  a  record. 

32  men  in  this  Company  did  100  per  cent, 
duty  last  year,  and  were  present  at  all  of  the 
25  drills.  Their  names  are:  Capt.  Mazet,  Lt 
Kipp,  Sgts.  Leask,  Golsh,  Cutter  and  Short ; 
Cpls.  Loeser,  Hines,  Fisk,  Boyle  and  Hodge ; 
Lance-Cpls.  Keough  and  Eldredge ;  Pvts. 
Beasley,  Burns,  Collier,  Cree,  Fischer,  Fox,  John- 
son, Lammers,  Leonard,  Lewis,  McGuire,  My- 
rick,  Pollard,  Ranger,  Rathburn,  Richter,  Sav- 
age, Spencer  and  Walsh. 

Eight  men  were  present  at  all  drills  for  which 
they  were  liable :  Bauer,  2d ;  Curtis,  Dur_vea, 
Haight,  Maurer,  Vorhis,  Wilder  and  Young. 

In  the  work  for  the  year, 

The  first  platoon  (Lt.  Towle)  leads  in  small  arms 
practice,  locker  inspection  and  general  average ;  the 
second  platoon  (Lt.  Kipp)  in  attendance.  The  first 
section  (Sgt.  Golsh)  is  first  in  small  arms  practice  and 
general  average,  the  third  section  (Sgt.  Short)  in 
locker  inspection;  the  fourth  section  (Sgt.  Cutter)  in 
attendance.  The  first  squad  (Cpl.  Boyle)  in  small 
a^m:  practice;  the  seventh  squad  (Cpl.  Armstrong)  in 
attendance;  the  sixth  squad  (Cpl.  Hicks)  has  100  per 
cent,  in  locker  inspection  and  the  highest  general  aver- 
age (88.94.) 

The  first  squad,  consisting  of  Cpl.  Boyle,  L.  Cpl. 
Eldridge  and  Pvts.  Cornell,  Green,  Lammers,  Richter, 
Forbes,  Burdick  and  Collier;  and  the  sixth  squad,  com- 
posed of  Cpl.  Hicks  and  Pvts.  Johnson,  Rowe,  Schoon- 
maker,  Smith,  Weller,  Cree  and  Noble,  having  the  high- 
est general  average  in  their  respective  platoons,  the 
privates  in  these  two  squads  will  be  exempt  froni  all 
detail,  except  when  on  active  service,  until  April  I, 
1907. 

Prizes  were  offered  by  the  commanding  officer  to 
the  three  men  having  the  highest  scores  in  the  squad 
making  the  highest  percentage  in  rifle  practice  for  the 
season.  The  first  squad  leads  with  a  percentage  of 
75.62.  and  the  prize  winners  are  Cpl.  Boyle,  Pvts. 
Richter  and  Cornell. 


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The  prizes  for  the  various  rifle  competitions 
for  the  year  were  awarded  at  the  Company  meet- 
ing in  May,  as  follows: 

Cooper  Trophy — Aggregate  of  best  three  scores,  14 
shots ;  Pvt.  Kershaw,  score  168.  Platoon  match — First 
platoon,  average  per  man  174;  1st  Sgt.  Leask,  score  226. 
Section  match — First  section,  average  181 .5;  Pvt.  Spen- 
cer, score  209.  Squad  match — First  squad,  average 
J91.2;  Cpl.  Boyle,  score  209. 

Team  of  Three  Match— First  team:  Sgt.  Short,  219; 
Pvts.  Cree,  207 ;  Collier,  198 ;  total,  623.  Second  team : 
Sgt.  Leask,  219;  Pvts.  Richter,  191;  Leonard,  190; 
total,  600.  Third  team :  Pvts.  Spencer,  193 ;  Morley, 
191;  Lt.  Towle,  156;  total,  540.  Handicap  match — 
Winners :  Collier,  575 ;  Semon,  507 ;  Sgt.  Leask,  499 ; 
Morley,  498;  Poillon,  491;  Cpl.  Boyle,  490;  Rowe,  488; 
Leonard,  486;  Sgts.  Cutter,  475;  Spencer,  469.  (The 
handicaps  have  been  deducted  from  the  actual  scores.) 

Third  Class  Match — Winners :  Poillon,  581 ;  Col- 
lier, 575;  Morley,  566;  Earle,  525;  Semon,  507. 

Co.  Team  Medals — Gold  bar :  Sgt.  Leask.  Silver 
bar :  Lts.  Towle  and  Kipp,  Sgts.  Short  and  Cutter, 
Cpls.  Wilson  and  Hodge,  Pvt.  Leonard.  Bronze  bar : 
Cpl.  Boyle,  L.  Cpl.  Keough,  Pvts.  Cree,  Collier,  Hyde, 
Lammers,  Langridge,  Schoonmaker,  Smith,  Spencer 
and  Walsh. 

1st  Sgt's.  Cup — For  highest  score  each  month:  Win- 
ners, Cpl.  Boyle,  Pvts.  Leonard  and  Smith,  Lt.  Towle, 
Sgt.  Short. 

Cpl.  Hodge's  Cup  to  the  man  in  his  squad 
having  the  highest  average  for  the  year  was 
awarded  to  Hyde.  Pvt.  Horner  won  the  "Loe- 
ser"  Cup  awarded  to  the  man  in  Company  win- 
ning the  greatest  number  of  points  in  the  Fall 
and  Spring  Games. 

On  the  occasion  of  a  recent  visit  to  Luna 
Park,  Coney  Island,  et  al,  Sgt.  Golsh  was  taken 
for  a  "Come  on,"  and  relieved  of  his  Regitnental 
fob. 

Jerry  Richter  on  the  same  day  volunteered 
to  act  as  guide  and  put  the  party  on  a  car  label- 
led "Luna  Park,"  and  though  a  native  of  Brook- 
lyn, he  landed  them  in  Ridgewood — all  Brook- 
lyn cars  being  labelled  "Luna  Park." 

The  yacht  "Nan"  is  in  commission.  Her 
Captain  and  Skipper  Loeser  has  had  her  newly 
painted  and  overhauled.  The  first  trip  was  in  a 
howling  gale.     See  Cornell  for  particulars. 

Capt.  Mazet  is  to  be  complimented  for  his  part 
in  the  recent  celebration. 

As  we  go  to  press  I  hear  that  Q.  M.  Sgt. 
Henry  Everdell  has  applied  for  discharge  after 
31  years  of  service — once  the  commanding  offi- 
cer of  the  Company  in  the  Civil  War.  We  are 
deeply  grieved  to  lose  our  good  old  man,  and  a 
full  account  of  his  service  will  be  found  in  the 
next  issue  of  the  Gazette. 

Also  I  hear  Tiflf  Spencer  is  going  to  San 
Francisco  to  gain  sordid  wealth.  This  is  onlv 
.-)  nimor — hope  it  is  not  true — if  it  is,  what  will 
Freddie  Pollard  do? 

Cnl.  Tames  Grant  Hodge  and  Miss  Florence 
Lihon  were  married  quietly  April  13.  Royal  H. 
Weller  was  the  best  man  and  Mrs.  Weller  (an 
old  friend  of  the  bride)  matron  of  honor. 


Lakewood  was  the  scene  of  the  honeymoon, 
and  the  Thousand  Islands  their  ultimate  destina- 
tion. The  sincere  congratulations  of  the  many 
friends  are  heartily  extended  to  the  recent  bride 
and  groom.  Charles  Murray. 


The  out -door  shooting 
season  opened  with  a 
whoop,  and  on  Tuesday, 
May  15,  1906,  the  First 
Battalion  went  to  Creed- 
moor.  The  proverbial  7th 
Regt.  weather  was  absent, 
for  a  wonder,  and  the  en- 
tire day  was  one  of  suc- 
cesses. We  qualified  every  man  that  went 
down,  and  finished  fourth  in  the  State  match, 
fifth  in  the  O'Donohue  and  eighth  in  the 
Knickerbocker  Gray's.  Considering  that  there 
were  twenty  men  with  us  that  had  never  been 
to  Creedmoor,  the  showing  was  one  to  be 
proud  of.  Lt.  DeMille  got  his  sharpshooter 
bar,  as  did  Lt.  Thomas  and  Pvt.  Weninge.  Ro- 
bert took  a  crack  at  the  500  and  went  through, 
so,  as  our  amiable  Chairman  of  Rifle  Com- 
mittee remarked,  "We  have  three  and  one- 
half  sharpshooter  as  a  nucleus  for  higher  hon- 
ors." Whether  Hobert  will  be  "peeved"  at 
the  remark,  I  do  not  know,  but  he  tells  me 
that  he  is  going  to  be  not  only  two  halves,  but 
is  going  on  and  not  stop  upon  such  lowly 
ground  as  sharpshooter,  but  receive  a  nice  new 
safety  pin  emblazoned  with  the  magic  words 
"Distinguished  Expert." 

Sgt.  Reisig  received  his  twenty-year  medal 
at  the  parade  in  April,  and  there  is  no  one  in 
the  Regiment  that  deserves  the  honor  more. 
His  faithful  and  steadfast  work  for  the  Com- 
pany is  appreciated  too  little,  and  that  may  he 
be  with  us  for  at  least  twenty  years  more  is 
the  wish  of  all  who  know  him,  and  those  who 
do  not  know  him  have  still  something  to 
live  for. 

A  lowly  Pilgrim  left  his  home  and  friends 
to  carry  the  banner  and  fame  of  his  country 
to  the  classic  Hellenic  shores.  Did  he  make 
any  progress?  Well,  he  just  cleaned  up  the 
400  and  800-meter  races,  and  thereby  brought 
much  glory  to  his  Country.  Considering  that 
Pilgrim  is  a  Lance  Corporal  in  the  5th  Co., 
and  that  he  beat  a  Lieutenant  of  the  British 
army,  in  the  400,  just  draw  your  own  deduc- 
tions. Some  of  the  good  fellows  of  the  Com- 
pany should  foregather  and  have  much  talk 
and  tobacco  when  Paul  gets  back,  and  hear  the 
story  of  his  victories. 

Doug.  Cook  still  has  his  smell  wagon  on  his 
hands,  his  attempt  at  raffling  it  not  being  suc- 
cessful in  ridding  him  of  its  possession.  The 
drawing  of  the  raffle  came  oflF  the  first  of  May 


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and  Witthaus  won  the  machine,  but  preferred 
to  take  the  money  instead  of  the  motor.  Doug, 
promises  to  start  the  thing  going  down  hill 
some  day,  riderless,  with  his  blessing  and  im- 
mediately  disappear   from   the   neighborhood. 

A  promising  young  soldier  notified  the  First 
Sergeant,  anent  Creedmoor  day,  that  he  would 
attend  "If  the  weather  permits."  As  he  was 
at  the  range,  I  trust  he  got  his  uniform  from 
"the  cleanser"  in  time  for  the  Decoration  Day 
parade. 

The  new  drilling  squad  presented  Ben 
Hammond  with  a  suit  case  for  his  kindly 
offices  to  them,  and  in  his  speech  of  accept- 
ance, Ben  was  mean  enough  to  tell  them,  that 
they  would  continue  to  drill  as  per  schedule 
until  further  notice.  There  was  a  whisper  in 
the  air  that  sounded  like  "ingrate,"  but  the 
dire  threats  of  the  squad,  evidently  came  to 
no  purpose,  as  "Ham"  went  merrily  along 
with  his  suit  case. 

Vincent  Delnose,  one  of  our  veterans  who 
shows  up,  went  to  Creedmoor  with  us  as  a 
spectator,  and  made  the  time  pleasant  for  a 
select  coterie.  Ask  Herb  Aldhaus  and  Leo 
Knust  if  they  didn't  really  have  a  good  time 
when  they  came  back.  Herb  says  he  just 
loves  the  new  Hotel  Belmont,  and  Lonsdale 
had  trouble  buying  a  suit  case  to  take  home 
his  accumulated  wealth  to  that  haven  of  rest, 
just  "forty-five  minutes  from  Broadway." 

On  returning  from  Creedmoor  a  crowd  went 
over  to  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  and  as 
every  one  had  to  sing  a  song,  new  talent  is 
rapidly  developing.  Sheehan's  "Sympathy" 
was  a  symphony  alone,  and  Blackledge  and 
Storms,  in  their  new  dance,  was  a  scream  from 
start  to  finish.  Lt.  Col.  Kipp  and  Adjt.  Wall 
joined  the  Captain  and  enjoyed  the  fun.  Dick 
Heather's  own  composition  was  a  thing  of 
joy,  and  altogether  the  evening  was  one  well 
worth  enjoying. 

Still  another  crowd  from  the  Company  went 
home  and  "hit  the  feathers,"  but  then,  they 
missed  all  the  fun,  and  that  is  their  punish- 
ment. 

There  is  to  be  a  ball  game,  I  understand, 
rumors  of  Travers  Island,  a  big  feed,  and 
much  joyousness,  in  June.  Lt.  Thomas  is 
figuring  it  all  out,  so  be  on  the  job  for  a 
gorgeous  event  in  the  good  old  summer  time. 
L.  Mackee  Hutchins. 


Munich  Rifle  Contest 

At  the  request  of  the  Bavarian  Government, 
K.  Buenz,  the  German  Consul  General  in  New 
York,  has  invited  all  American  riflemen  to  take 
part  in  the  fifteenth  grand  contest  of  German 
riflemen,  to  be  held  on  July  15  to  22,  in  Munich, 
after  a  lapse  of  twenty-five  years. 


If  the  gentleman  who 
deals  out  assorted  pack- 
ages of  atmosphere  at  the 
command  of  the  weather 
bureau  thought  that  he 
would  annoy  us  in  the 
least  by  imitating  the 
Flood  on  May  5,  he  was 
greatly  mistaken ;  we 
simply  love  water  and  revel  in  mud,  therefore 
we  individually  and  collectively  spurned  the 
weather.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  our  own 
spirits  were  very  strong  that  day,  the  Com- 
pany owes  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  kindly  gen- 
tleman, an  ex-member  of  the  Regiment,  at  No. 
160  Madison  Avenue,  who  so  freely  gave  of 
his  cough  medicine  in  order  to  ward  off  dis- 
ease. Mr.  Leland  was  especially  grateful  for 
our  friend's  kindness,  for  Mr.  Leland  was  wet 
and  his  trousers  were  soaking. 

It  is  needless  to  state  that  the  Veterans  were 
the  particular  stars  of  our  Centennial  Celebra- 
tion, and  well  they  might  be.  If  any  active 
member  could  look  at  the  men  who  made  the 
Regiment  what  it  is,  without  being  determined 
to  at  least  try  to  approximate  to  their  spirit 
and  devotion,  that  active  member  would  bet- 
ter become  quietly  but  quickly  an  ex. ;  and  if 
our  beloved  "soldiers"  who  on  dull  drill  nights 
find  it  irksome  to  keep  the  alignment  would 
only  take  an  object  lesson  from  those  straight 
lines  of  Veterans,  who  couldn't  see  mud  pud- 
dles because  their  chins  were  up,  then  May  5 
would  have  done  its  greatest  service. 

The  banquet  turned  out  to  be  a  wonderful 
love-feast ;  we  didn't  care  what  the  French  on 
the  menu  disguised,  we  just  were  completely 
happy  because  the  great  big  family  of  "old 
Grey  Jackets"  was  gathered  together  under 
their  own  roof  to  justify  the  adage,  "once  a 
7th  Regt.  man,  always  a  7th  Regt.  man,"  even 
though  serving  under  other  colors.  It  was 
not  the  least  gratifying  part  of  the  evening  to 
have  our  honored  guests  convey  to  us  the  con- 
gratulations of  the  city.  State  and  Nation,  in 
speeches  which  were  filled  with  the  spirit  of 
the  occasion. 

It  was  regretted  greatly  that  Capt.  Brincker- 
hoff  and  his  son,  G.  G.  Brinckerhofif,  Jr.,  were 
prevented  by  illness  from  attending  the  cele- 
bration. Brig.  Gen.  J.  E.  Duryee  sent  his 
greetings  to  "dear  old  Company  Six"  from 
California ;  the  Duryees  are  truly  an  example 
of  7th  Regt.  in  the  family,  Col.  Abram  Duryee 
commanded  the  Regiment  1849-1859,  his  son. 
Gen.  Duryee,  served  with  us  at  the  time  of  the 
Civil  War,  and  his  son,  H.  H.  Duryee,  marched 
with  Big  Six  in  the  "eighties." 

As  a  fitting  token  in  memory  of  those  who 
gave  their  lives  for  the  country  in  the  Civil 
War,    the    Veteran    Assn.    delegated   Veteran 


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A.  V.  Pancoast  to  have  the  7th  Regt.  statue 
in  Central  Park  decorated  with  the  National 
colors  on  May  5. 

And  so  ended  the  biggest  and  best  day  ever. 

Cpl.  Clark  so  thoroughly  enjoyed  himself  at 
the  banquet  that  on  Creedmoor  day  he  was 
seen  pointing  out  to  his  friends  the  particular 
spot  at  which  he  was  seated. 

Speaking  of  Creedmoor,  it  is  due  that  we 
give  our  appreciation  of  the  untiring  work  of 
Capt.  Stotesbury  to  make  that  day  a  success, 
and  it  certainly  was  a  pleasure  to  see  how 
smoothly  every  detail  was  handled.  The  only 
regret  is  that  we  did  not  get  in  the  money  in 
the  State  matches,  but  we  improved  greatly 
over  last  year,  which  is  something  gained. 
Aside  from  that,  however,  the  day  was  a  grand 
success  with  98  present  and  a  resulting  quali- 
fication of  98  marksmen,  not  to  mention  eight 
sharpshooters.  Our  sympathy  to  those  of  the 
absent  men  who  were  sick,  for  they  missed  a 
fine  day.  To  those  of  the  absent  men  who 
were  not  sick — our  sympathy(?)   also. 

With  this  issue  the  scribe  turns  the  foun- 
tain pen  over  to  that  experienced  hand  which 
is  so  well  known  as  to  need  no  specific  men- 
tion ;  all  those  who  have  enjoyed  a  few  months 
immunity  by  reason  of  age,  rank,  or  physical 
prowess,  should  note  that  the  cyclone  cellar 
is  again  in  order.  Whatever  the  notes  have 
been  in  the  reading,  they  have  given  pleasure 
in  the  writing,  so  Vale  and  the  temporary  ad- 
dress will  be  "Any  Beer  Garden,  Germany." 
T.  E.  Hardenbergh,  Jr. 


I  ought  to  have  a  gilt 
"muck  rake"  or  something 
of  that  sort  to  record  the 
stirring  events  of  the  past 
month.  Certainly  no  ordi- 
nary pen  could  do  justice 
to  the  happenings  of  May 
5,  the  occasion  of  the  Cen- 
tennial Celebration.  First 
there  was  the  glorious  spectacle  of  the  parade, 
the  first  division  of  which,  composed  as  it  was 
of  ex-members  of  the  Regiment  who  are  in 
the  regular  service,  or  in  the  National  Guard, 
or  Naval  Militia,  making  a  picture  which  only 
a  Meissonier  could  paint,  was  led  by  Brvt. 
Maj.-Gen.  George  Moore  Smith  as  marshal. 
Gen.  Smith  is  an  old  Co.  G  man,  and  we  were 
thus  in  the  lead  in  the  celebration,  as  well  as 
everything  else.  Then  the  grizzled  warriors 
of  the  Civil  War,  the  veterans  of  the  Spanish 
War,  the  Veterans'  Assn.,  and  finally  the  gal- 
lant Seventh  as  it  is  to-day,  the  leading 
National  Guard  organization  of  the  country. 
Another  laurel  that  we  captured  in  connection 
with  the  parade  and  one  that  should  not  be 
passed  lightly  over  was  Col.  Appleton's  Chief 


of  Staff,  1st  Lt.  John  F.  O'Ryan,  2nd  Battery 
N.  G.  N.  Y.,  also  formerly  high  private  in  Co. 
G.  "Jack"  was  the  real  thing  in  the  way  of  a 
dashing  young  officer.  Capt.  Reginald  L.  Fos- 
ter, I2th  Regt.  N.  G.  N.  Y.,  formerly  a  ser- 
geant in  our  Company,  was  also  conspicuous 
among  the  uniformed  officers  of  the  first  di- 
vision, while  such  good  wood  as  ex-Sgts. 
John  Moe,  Samuel  J.  Bailey  and  Angus  Hop- 
kins, ex-Capt.  Frank  M.  Drake,  Lts.  Robert 
M.  Dunn,  J.  W.  B.  Rockwell,  Robert  L.  Todd 
and  ex-Q.  M.  Sgt.  George  A.  Sontag  repre- 
sented the  officers  of  the  Company  in  the  top- 
hat-frock-coat  division. 

The  shower  bath  in  full  regimentals  which 
we  received  while  waiting  for  the  formation 
of  the  Veterans  was  an  innovation  which, 
while  taken  in  good  spirit,  made  running 
trunks  out  of  our  white  ducks.  Sgts.  Evans 
and  Stratton,  with  Pvts.  Stolzenberg,  Trow- 
bridge, Anderson  and  Holmes,  who  were  on 
the  right  of  the  line  resting  on  the  doorway  of 
the  Knickerbocker  Club,  were  waterproofed 
for  the  occasion  by  the  members  of  that 
organization,  and  the  others  were  hoping  the 
rain  would  keep  up  or  the  line  would  move 
up.  The  parade  back  to  the  armory  was  like 
the  march  home  of  a  victorious  army,  and  no 
time  was  lost  getting  ready  for  the  great  fest. 
As  to  the  execution  of  the  Company  at  the 
tables  it  appeared  to  me  at  a  glance  that  every 
man  was  doing  two  men's  work  at  the  board 
and  Larendon,  Jim  Petrie,  Gerald  Stratton  and 
Frank  Ridabock  were  working  like  the  chain 
gang  on  a  brick  scow.  The  only  knock  that  I 
heard  was  after  the  affair  was  over,  and  that 
was  regret  on  the  part  of  "Larry"  that  he  had 
not  heard  about  the  striking  waiters  until  the 
next  morning. 

Tom  Witherbee  gave  an  automobile  party 
after  the  big  show,  with  Billy  Holmes  and 
Nils  Anderson  as  principal  guests.  After  a 
sortie,  the  automobile  attacked  the  gates  of 
the  Long  Island  Railroad  track  at  Mineola 
and  captured  the  same,  the  auto  returning  to 
town  with  the  gates  hanging  from  the  lamps. 
I  met  "Rollo"  Southworth  on  the  Sunday  fol- 
lowing the  fest  and  asked  him  how  he  enjoyed 
it.  He  summed  up  the  consensus  of  opinion 
with  a  yawn,  saying: 

"Oh !  I  feel  a  hundred  years  old  to-day." 

Now  for  the  Westminster  Volunteers. 

Our  annual  pilgrimage  to  Creedmoor  took 
place  on  May  15,  with  the  Colonel,  Staff  and 
First  Battalion,  and  owing  to  the  fact  that 
there  were  nine  absentees  and  other  things,  we 
failed  to  score  for  the  O'Donohue  Trophy  and 
the  Knickerbocker  Grays.  All  the  Company 
cracks  seemed  to  be  off  in  their  marksmanship 
and  we  finished  among  the  "also  rans"  in  the 
hunt  for  these  trophies.    "Lance"  Wilson  took 


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up  his  annual  collection  from  the  Company 
rookies  and  will  devote  the  proceeds  to  the 
establishment  of  a  home  for  superannuated 
members  of  the  N.  C.  S.  Sgt.  Petrie  also  took 
up  a  collection  from  the  literary  members  of 
the  Company,  who  spent  the  day  under  the 
trees  "looking  over  the  papers."  Big  Bill 
Kindgen  lost  his  eyesight  looking  for  court 
notables,  and  had  considerable  difficulty  in 
finding  the  spot  to  qualify.  Every  man  got 
through  and  several  got  the  sharpshooter 
decoration. 

While  on  the  subject  of  shooting  it  gives  me 
pleasure  to  note  that  Sgt.  Harry  L.  Suydam 
carried  ofif  what  is  known  as  the  Picture  prize 
in  the  Regimental  Rifle  Club  competition  for 
the  season  of  1905-06.  This  prize  is  donated 
in  memory  of  Maj.  A.  W.  Conover,  and  is 
awarded  to  the  member  of  the  club  who  makes 
the  highest  score  in  the  "Championship  Aggre- 
gate Match"  under  the  following  conditions : 
Seven  shots  standing,  seven  shots  prone,  the 
best  score  made  in  each  month  to  count  and 
highest  aggregate  to  win. 

The  K.  O.  in  the  last  general  orders  notes 
with  regret  the  fact  that  Capt.  William  J. 
Underwood  and  Lt.  Howard  E.  Crall  were 
omitted  from  the  list  of  the  team  as  published 
in  G.  O.  No.  12,  series  of  1905,  "which  re- 
corded the  work  during  the  year  and  highly 
commended  the  devotion  and  self-sacrifice  of 
the  Regimental  Riflemen." 

The  results  of  the  shooting  season  in  the 
various  matches  in  our  Company  were  an- 
nounced at  the  meeting  held  on  May  11. 
Pvts.  Madigan,  Gross  and  Donaldson  won  the 
first  team  prize ;  Pvts.  Raymond,  Duncan  and 
Martin  won  the  second  team  prize;  Pvts.  A. 
F.  Clark,  M.  S.  Clark  and  Bryan  won  the  third 
team  prize,  while  Sgt.  Suydam  and  Pvts.  Bell- 
man and  Kindgen  took  fourth  team  prize.  Lt 
Crall  won  the  first  prize  in  the  Senior  Class 
and  for  the  best  improvement :  Sgt.  Suydam 
took  the  same  prize  in  the  First  Class ;  Pvt. 
Gross  took  the  Second  Class  prize  and  Pvt. 
D.  G.  Anderson  took  the  Third  Class  prize ; 
Pvt.  Freeman  scored  the  best  improvement 
with  no  previous  record.  Pvt.  Witter  wins  the 
Ziegler  Trophy  competition  first  prize,  $30, 
with  an  average  imorovement  of  12.05  P^r 
cent.  Pvt.  Gross  gets  second  place  and  $20, 
with  11.03  per  cent.,  and  Pvt.  Duncan  third, 
with  $10,  with  8.82  per  cent.  Pvt.  Trowbridge 
won  the  Foster  Trophy,  and  the  following 
won  Company  team  medals:  Capt.  Under- 
wood. It  Crall,  Set  Su'-'Ia""  Cols,  ^r'^xton, 
Dixon,  Follett,  Christy,  Madison  and  Smith 
(J.  A.),  Pvts.  Clark,  Hamilton,  MacGuffie, 
Martin,  Raymond,  Robinson  (F.  C),  Ward, 
Witter  and  Ben  Vorhis. 

Pvt.    William     Oakley    Raymond,   enlisted 


March  10,  1899,  is  up  for  Lance  Corporal. 
Raymond  is  a  100  per  cent,  man  and  deserves 
the  job. 

1st  Sgt.  Evans  has  sailed  for  Europe  ror  a 
well-earned  vacation. 

I  have  received  the  announcement  of  the 
marriage  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Robena  May 
Woods  to  Mr.  James  Hutchinson,  Jr.,  on 
April  16. 

John  P.  Kenny. 


With  one  notable  ex- 
ception, every  member  of 
the  Company  was  on  hand 
Creedmoor  Day,  and  each 
did  his  best,  which,  as  the 
result  shows,  was  almost 
good  enough,  for,  unless 
some  Company  from  one 
of  the  other  regiments 
should  upset  present  calculations,  another 
third  prize  in  the  Brigade  match  will  adorn 
the  8th  Co.  room  next  season.  Of  course,  first 
or  second  prize  would  have  been  more  to  our 
liking,  but  we  have  the  satisfaction  of  know- 
ing that  these  two  trophies  will  stay  in  the 
family,  and  besides  we  have  become  somewhat 
attached  to  third  place  in  this  particular 
match. 

The  appetite  and  thirst  brought  back  from 
Creedmoor  each  year  are  things  to  conjurt 
with.  Heretofore  we  have  satisfied  them  at 
the  Murray  Hill,  but  since  the  control  of  that 
famous  hostelry  has  passed  from  the  hands  of 
Washington  L.  Jacques,  the  entertainment 
committee  has  been  compelled  to  establish 
headquarters  elsewhere,  and  as  Reisenweber 
has  become  a  7th  Regt.  habit,  we  spent  the 
evening  of  Creedmoor  day  wondering  how 
many  dishes  his  kitchen  mechanic  could  trans- 
form into  the  shape  and  consistency  of  a  cod- 
fish cake.  The  only  thing  that  seemed  to 
"stump"  him  was  the  soup.  With  this  excep- 
tion he  "croquetted"  the  entire  menu  from 
oysters  to  nuts.  Your  humble  scribe  is  not  a 
culinary  authority,  but  he  ventures  the  asser- 
tion that  in  no  other  establishment  has  such 
a  remarkable  table  d'hote  feat  ever  been  per- 
formed for  the  price  of  one  dollar.  Aside  from 
the  dinner,  the  night  at  Reisenweber's  was  a 
roaring  success(the  adjective  has  been  selected 
after  long  and  careful  consideration),  and  it 
was  well  worth  the  trip  and  the  price 
to  see  how  little  the  members  of  the  8th 
Co.  care  about  sleep,  even  after  a  strenuous 
day  like  the  one  spent  at  Creedmoor. 

It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  Com- 
pany, from  whose  ranks  so  many  distin- 
guished 7th  Regt.  officers  have  graduated,  and 
whose  veteran  organization  is  considerably 
the  largest   in  the  organization,  should  have 


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taken  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  Centennial  Cele- 
bration. After  it  was  all  over  (officially),  we 
had  an  "at  home"  in  the  Company  room,  and 
received  not  only  every  former  member  of  Co. 
H.  who  was  present,  but  also  a  number  of 
prominent  officers  from  other  Regiments.  The 
entertainment  committee,  with  a  foresight 
born  of  long  association  with  the  rest  of  the 
Company,  had  provided  "light  refreshments," 
the  Saengerfest  furnished  the  music  and  the 
rest  of  us  contributed  our  share  of  the  noise 
and  enthusiasm.  We  had  songs  and  speeches 
from  several  well-known  members  of  the 
National  Guard,  and  some  inspired  genius  (if 
a  somewhat  hazy  recollection  serves  me  right 
it  was  Ed.  Goode)  proposed  a  parade,  the  chief 
feature  of  which  consisted  of  having  the  var- 
ious notables  pass  in  review.  The  reviewing 
party  was  composed  of  Capt.  Joscelyn.  Later 
in  the  evening  when  the  guests  had  gone,  our 
old  captain,  Maj.  Lydecker,  dropped  in  to  tell 
us  that  he  had  not  forgotten  the  Eighth,  and 
to  swap  reminiscences  with  the  veteran  and 
active  members  who  had  served  under  him. 

If  there  was  a  7th  Regt.  man  whose  blood 
did  not  tingle  when  the  "vets"  marched  by 
us  in  the  afternoon  of  May  5  he  was  not  in 
the  ranks  of  Co.  H.  We  had  an  exceptionally 
good  vantage  point  at  the  corner  of  33rd  Street 
and  Madison  Avenue,  and  were  able  to  watch 
the  old  boys  execute  "right  wheel"  and  other 
movements  of  the  "days  beyond  recall."  Some 
of  the  veterans  had  been  posted  on  the  new 
drill  regulations,  but  every  another's  son  of 
them,  whether  he  had  just  left  the  ranks  or 
had  not  served  since  the  sixties,  showed  by  his 
carriage  and  marching  that  some  time  or  other 
he  had  worn  the  gray. 

A  number  of  8th  Co.  veterans,  who  had  not 
discarded  their  dress  uniforms,  marched  with 
the  active  members,  and  it  may  have  been 
their  presence  or  the  inspiration  furnished  by 
the  occasion,  but  at  any  rate  when  we  reached 
the  armory  we  felt  that  we  had  lived  up  to 
our  tradition  and  the  sobriquet,  "the  steady 
old  Eighth." 

Capt.  Bryant,  of  the  Essex  Troop,  of  New- 
ark, N.  J.,  and  formerly  a  member  of  the  8th 
Co.,  who  returned  from  a  European  trip  in 
order  to  take  part  in  the  Centennial  Celebration, 
says  that  while  he  was  in  Vienna  a  number  of 
7th  Regt.  men  were  making  preparations  to 
celebrate  May  5th,  with  a  miniature  parade,  of 
which  a  band  was  to  be  the  principal  feature. 

Now  that  the  Rifle  Club's  season  has  closed, 
Cpl.  Wheeler  has  gone  in  for  rowing.  He  has 
established  summer  headquarters  at  Travers 
Island,  having  made  the  junior  crew  of  the  New 
York  Athletic  Club. 

June  will  be  an  important  month  in  the 
matrimonial  line  for  the  members  of  the  Com- 


pany, Capt.  Joscelyn,  Dave  Darlington  and 
"Bussie"  Butler  all  having  made  arrange- 
ments to  be  married  within  that  month.  The 
Captain's  marriage  to  Mrs.  Moore  will  occur 
on  or  about  June  30.  All  who  know  how  deep 
is  the  affection  of  every  member  of  the  Com- 
pany for  the  Captain  need  not  be  told  that  we 
all  unite  in  wishing  him  and  his  bride-elect 
long  life  and  a  full  measure  of  happiness.  The 
wedding  of  Miss  Hegeman  and  "Bussie"  oc- 
curred on  June  2,  at  St.  Stephen's,  and  Miss 
Shields  will  become  Mrs.  Darlington  on  the 
i8th  at  a  quiet  wedding  at  the  home  of  the 
bride.  Dave  has  foresworn  poker  and  sack- 
racing,  but  it  is  learned  from  a  responsible 
source  that  he  is  still  holding  out  for  bridge 
and  one  night  a  week  at  "Barney's."  May  he 
get  no  worse  than  a  compromise  verdict !  Both 
Miss  Hegeman  and  Miss  Shields  are  7th  Regt. 
girls  by  inclination  and  association,  so  there  is 
not  much  danger  of  either  "Biissie"  or  Dave 
being  requested  to  apply  for  a  discharge  for  a 
good  many  years. 

"Peevish  Bill'  Collins  has  undergone  a  Jim 
Dumps  Sunny  Jim  transformation  since  the 
annual  meeting  May  14,  when  the  trials  and 
tribulations  of  the  I.  S.  A.  P.  were  transferred 
from  his  shoulders  to  those  of  Sgt.  Relyea. 
Sgt.  Collins  gets  a  much  deserved  rest  from 
the  responsibilities  of  the  rifle  department, 
which  have  been  his  for  the  past  three  years. 
Upon  his  retirement  he  was  presented  with  a 
loving  cup  as  a  mark  of  the  Company's  appre- 
ciation of  his  faithful  work.  Sgt.  Relyea,  like 
his  predecessor,  is  a  careful  student  of  the 
shooting  game  and  a  splendid  marksman  as 
well,  and  the  Company  has  every  confidence 
in  his  ability  to  hold  down  the  job. 

The  annual  meeting  developed  a  new  con- 
stitutional lawyer  in  the  person  of  "Wash" 
Smith,  who  made  the  point  of  order  that  the 
new  civil  officers  had  not  been  properly  elected. 
His  point  was  well  taken  and  resulted  in  the 
necessary  formalities  being  gone  through 
with.  Incidentally  "Wash"  won  a  bet  from 
my  illustrious  predecessor,  Harold  Kirby,  who 
did  not  take  the  Smithsonian  view  of  the  mat- 
ter. Smith  was  so  overcome  with  his  achieve- 
ment that  afterward  at  "Barney's"  he  was 
unable  to  swallow  but  one  two-quart  pitcher 
of  "3rd  Company  breakfast  food"  at  a  single 
gulp.  It  should  be  stated  by  way  of  explana- 
tion that  the  little  one's  record  is  three. 

The  following  trinity  have  been  added  to  the 
roster:  Anderson,  Davis  and  McCarthy.  One 
of  these  fortunates  (see  if  you  can  tell  which 
one  by  the  names)  favored  us  with  a  few 
choice  remarks  four  minutes  after  his  intro- 
duction to  the  Company.  And  camp  is  thir- 
teen long  months  off!  Four  more  prospective 
recruits  are  anxiously  awaiting  election,  and 


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numerous  fond  parents  besiege  the  Captain's 
office  every  day  in  an  endeavor  to  get  their 
offspring  "in  right." 

The  next  issue  of  the  Gazette  will  be 
officially  known  as  the  Moose  Lucmaguntic 
Number  in  honor  of  Cpl.  Wylie's  achievement 
in  establishing  a  camp  at  that  celebrated 
place.  The  issue  will  contain  several  beauti- 
ful illustrations  including  one  of  Charlie 
attired  in  correct  afternoon  apparel  and  armed 
with  his  new  recruiting  rifle  in  the  act  of  shoot- 
ing a  wooden  Indian  who  is  about  to  ask  him 
for  "two  twos  and  a  postal." 

Sgt.  Baldwin  has  been  introduced  to  a  new 
tonic.  There  is  not  a  headache  in  a  barrel  of 
it,  but  up  to  the  time  of  going  to  press  George 
could  not  be  induced  to  take  more  than  four 
drops  in  a  half  pint  of  carbonic. 

Will  ex-Secy.  Dickson  kindly  explain  to  the 
Company  at  the  next  regular  meeting  why  he 
was  compelled  to  adopt  a  physical  culture 
diet? 

Fred.  B.  Wright,  Jr. 


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The      Tenth      Company's 
part  in  the  Centennial  was  a 
noble  one.    With  Capt.  Mc- 
Lean commanding  the  First 
Battalion,  we  paraded  three 
platoons  under  Lts.  Barron 
and   Barnard  and  Lt.   Nes- 
bitt,    of    Company    G.      The 
men    never    marched    more 
proudly  and  steadily,  and  the  continued  applause 
along  Fifth  Avenue  showed  that  their  fine  ap- 
pearance was  appreciated. 

A  tropical  downpour  caught  us  just  as  we 
formed  line  at  32d  St.  and  Fifth  Avenue.  "Take 
what  shelter  you  can!"  was  the  order;  and  the 
Knickerbocker  Club  extended  the  privileges  of 
its  curb-stone  and  area  to  our  first  platoon. 
With  unfailing  good  spirits  the  men  sang:  "How 
dry  I  am !"  while  floods  of  rain  sluiced  from  their 
shakos  down  their  necks.  Then  the  sun  peered 
out  and  was  greeted  with  loud  cheers :  the  line 
formed  again,  and  we  forgot  our  discomfort  in 
the  pride  of  seeing  our  veterans  (God  bless 
them !)  who  turned  out  so  splendidly,  marching, 
even  the  oldest  of  them,  with  the  firm,  erect  car- 
riage and  the  stride  that  they  had  learned  in  the 
best  of  schools.  There  were  many  graduates  of 
"K"  among  the  uniformed'  officers  and  war  vet- 
erans ;  many  familiar  faces  of  comrades  who  had 
gone  out  in  '98 :  and  closing  the  column  came  the 
bulk  of  our  ex-members,  more  than  200  strong, 
led  by  former  captains,  lieutenants  and  first-ser- 
geants, rank  after  rank  of  gallant  gentlemen,  rep- 
resenting all  that  is  is  best  in  the  military  and 
civic  life  of  this  nation. 

At  5Qth  Street,  where  the  veterans  wheeled 
into  line  along  the  sidewalk,  we  were  able  to 


show  them  that  the  active  Company  is  still  able 
to  march,  though  changes  in  tactics  have  done 
away  with  the  solidly  closed-up  ranks  of  our 
daddies. 

Cpl.  Gordon  Brown  had  the  honor  of  acting 
as  Color-Bearer,  of  the  Veteran  Battalion,  and 
Cammann  bore  the  guidon  on  the  reviewing- 
stand.  Both  of  these  stalwart  soldiers  were  con- 
spicuous features  in  the  parade  and  filled  their 
positions  with  the  greatest  credit. 

Our  long-serving  Secretary,  who  has  march- 
ed in  the  left  file  for  some  18  years,  claims  that 
he  heard  one  new  remark  from  the  crowd  to  all 
to  his  collection  of  curbstone  comments,  viz. : 
"There  go  the  strike-breakers!"  Viewed  in  the 
light  of  that  evening's  events,  the  remark  seemed 
inappropriate. 

The  great  banquet  is  described  elsewhere,  and 
we  need  only  note  that  the  veterans  and  actives 
of  our  Company  occupied  four  and  a  half  tables 
at  the  East  end  of  the  hall,  and  all  seemed  to 
enjoy  themselves.  Towards  the  close  of  the  even- 
ing a  number  of  good  fellows  gathered  in  the 
Company  Room  and  under  Nick  Lenssen's  osteo- 
pathic manipulations  the  old  piano  quite  forgot 
its  rheumatism  and  behaved  like  a  two-year-old 
colt.  Some  of  our  ex-members  were  soon  fol- 
lowing its  example ;  but  at  twelve  o'clock  the  party 
broke  up,  and  our  official  share  in  the  Centennial 
Celebration  came  to  an  end. 

At  the  meeting  May  4  Arthur  Lenssen, 
Jameson,  George  Day  and  Bossange  were  elected 
honorary  members,  and  on  motion  of  Sgt.  Mc- 
Graw,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to  the  com- 
mittees that  had  worked  so  hard  to  make  the  Cen- 
tennial a  success. 

The  grand-daughter  of  ex-Capt.  Lefferts  sur- 
prised the  Company  with  a  present  of  a  magnifi- 
cent loving-cup,  which  was  received  with  joy  as 
a  further  link  connecting  us  w'ith  our  former 
commander. 

Lyon,  who  was  taken  up  just  before  the  Cen- 
tennial, is  to  be  congratulated  on  his  engage- 
ment to  Miss  Elizabeth  Mc  Donald. 

We  note  with  regret  that  George  Carey  is 
about  to  take  his  discharge.  Enlisting  in  the 
evil  year  after  the  Spanish  War,  when  recruiting 
was  almost  at  a  standstill,  the  acquisition  of  such 
a  good  man  was  doubly  welcome,  and  he  soon 
won  for  himself  a  warm  place  in  the  affections 
of  the  Company,  which  he  always  has  held.  His 
unfailing  good-fellowship,  his  wit  and  simple 
manliness  made  him  a  large  factor  in  our  social 
life.  Family  and  business  duties  compel  him  to 
leave  the  active  ranks,  but  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
he  will  never  lose  touch  with  his  comrades. 

A  spring  walking-party  headed  by  Meissner, 
went  out  to  the  historic  shores  of  the  Croton, 
one  pleasant  Sunday,  where  thev  hunted  snakes, 
caught  suckers  (a  species  of  fish)  and  revisited 
some  of  the  most  famous  battle-fields  of  the 
Guinea  War. 


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At  Creedmoor  we  were  second  in  the  match 
for  the  Knickerbocker  Gray's  Cup,  (highest 
average  score  in  the  skirmish  run)  third  in  the 
O'Donohue,  and  fifth  in  general  figure  of  merit. 
Our  good  score  in  the  skirmish  run  was  very 
satisfactory,  as  it  shows  that  our  large  number  of 
new  men  have  been  properly  taught  how  to  shoot. 
The  weather  was  good,  and  our  94  officers  and 
men  present  all  qualified  without  difficulty.  Bar- 
clay got  down  in  time  for  the  skirmish  run,  so 
that  we  had  92  shooting  men  and  3  officers.  6 
men  found  time  to  qualify  as  sharpshooters,  Lt. 
Barron,  Sgt.  Bliss,  Cpl.  Taylor.  Eliot,  Hitt  and 
Noble.  Cammann  made  22  at  the  500  yds.  range. 
Many  others  who  could  have  qualified  were  busy 
coaching.  At  noon  there  was  the  usual  merry 
lunch  party  under  the  trees :  sandwiches  and  cold 
tea  were  very  popular,  and  hard-boiled  eggs  were 
lavishly  used,  also  some  that  were  not  so  hard. 
That  evening  about  40  men,  including  most  of  the 
officers  and  sergeants,  got  together  at  the  Ter- 
race Garden,  where  they  had  a  jolly  dinner,  fol- 
lowed by  rousing  songs  with  "Nick"  at  the 
piano.  G.  De  C.  Curtis. 


The  Squadron  A  military  races,  were  run 
May  19,  at  Van  Cortlandt  Park.  Three  or  four 
riders  were  thrown,  but  none  were  seriously  in- 
jured, though  in  the  pumpkin  race  Artisan  Lang- 
don  Geer,  of  Troop  3,  was  painfully  cut  on  the 
cheek.  He  was  able  to  run  later  in  the  jeu  de 
barre.  and  materially  aided  his  team.  An  amus- 
ing feature  of  the  afternoon  was  the  chase  by 
mounted  policemen  of  the  horses  whose  riders 
had  been  thrown. 

First  Race  (three-quarters  of  a  mile,  on  the  flat). — 
Won  by  W.  S.  McGuire.  Troop  i ;  Color  Bearer  Ezra 
Prentice,  2nd;  Pvt.  Thomas  Le  Boutillier.  Troop  i,  3rci. 

Pumpkin  Race. — Won  by  Sgt.  H.  W.  Cram,  Troop  2 ; 
Pyt.  J.  K.  Porter  Stone,  Troop  2,  2nd ;  Pvt.  Ridgeiy 
Nicholas,  Troop  3,  3rd. 

Steeplechase  for  the  Van  Cortlandt  Cup  (open  to 
members  of  polo  and  hunt  clubs  and  amateur  racing 
associations). — Won  by  G.  Fred  Alper. 

Jeu  de  barre  between  teams  from  Troops  i,  2  and  3. — 
Troops  2  and  3  were  tied. 

Pony  Race  (for  cup  presented  by  Sgt.  J  O.  Nichols 
and  T.  H.  Hunt;  for  ponies  14.3  hands  and  under,  open 
to  members  of  polo  and  hunt  clubs  and  cmateur  racing 
associations). — Won  by  As:.  T.  Sou'e  on  his  b.  1  .  Moon- 
light Maid;  Joseph  H.  Hunt's  b.  g.  Whirlwind,  ridden 
by  J.  D.  Lannon,  was  a  close  second ;  Alanson  G.  For.'s 
b.  g.  Billy,  ridden  by  Thomas  Le  Boutillier,  3rd. 


Hurdle  Race  (for  cup  presented  by  Sgt.-Maj.  G.  E. 
Fahys;  one  and  a  half  miles,  over  eight  hurdles). — Won 
by  R.  C.  Lawrence's  b,  pony  The  Sunshade,  ridden  by 
Alfred  Borden;  Cpl.  Gurden  Maynard,  en  his  br.  g. 
Danny,  came  in  only  a  half  length  behind;  Sgt.  J.  D. 
Lannon,  on  his  b.  m.  Troja,  3rd. 

The  novelty  race,  open  only  to  squadron  members, 
was  amusing,  as  the  riders  had  to  dress  and  undress 
from  travelling  cases  on  the  ground.  The  race  was 
won  by  Cpl.  Isham  Henderson,  Troop  3 ;  Pvt.  Ridgley 
Nicholas  , Troop  3,  was  2nd,  and  Pvt.  C.  A.  Dana,  Troop 
3,  3rd. 

The  officials  of  the  races  were :  Lt.-Col.  George  A. 
Wingate,  N.G.,  N.Y. ;  Capt.  J.  P.  Wade,  U.S.A.,  and 
.Mfred  B.  Maclay ;  startei,  ex-Capt.  William  C.  Cam- 
man  ;  aids,  Q.  M.  Sgt.  L.  V.  Froment  and  Cpl.  J.  Butler 
Wright;  announcer,  ist  Lt.  Stowe  Phelps;  aid,  Pvt. 
James  D.  Merriman;  mister  of  stable,  ist  Lt.  and  Q.  M. 
John  M.  Gallaway;  aid,  James  M.  Charles;  clerk 
of  the  course,  St.-Maj.  George  E.  Fahys;  aids,  Cpl. 
Eliot  Tuckerman,  Pvt.  Stanton  Whitney,  Trumpeter 
William  Springier  Mitchell  and  Pvt.  George  .\.  Crocker, 
Jr. ;  aids  to  athletic  committee,  Cpl.  Graham  Youngs, 
Artificer  Leavitt  J.  Hunt,  Artificer  Thomas  Crimmins, 
Pvt.  Theodore  L.  Bailey  and  Pvt.  Carl  L.  de  Muralt. 


The  inter-troop  revolver  match  for  the 
Major's  Cup  was  won  by  Troop  II  on  April  21. 
The  conditions  of  the  match  were:  Standard 
American  target,  30  yards,  two  scores  of  five 
shots  each,  Colt  .45  caliber  revolver,  15  seconds 
for  each  score  at  the  command  of  "commence  fir- 
ing."    Scores: 

TROOP   II. 

Priv.  R.  C.  Lee  44 

Corp.  W.  H.  L.  Edwards 49 

Priv.  S.  Brown   54 

Priv.    T.    R.    Strong 52 

1st  Sgt.  A.  W.  Putnam 98 — 297 

TROOP  III. 

Art.  H.  P.  A.  Montgomery 38 

Priv.  S.  B.  Camp 50 

Priv.  C.  A.  Dana   76 

Priv.  P.  Le  Boutillier 62 

1st  Sgt.  R.  W.  Bush 55—281 

TROOP  r. 

Priv.   Litchfield    87 

Capt.  M.  H.  Smith   78 

Priv.  T.  Le  Boutillier    64 

Sgt.   Barnard    22 

Art.   Milliken    23 — 274 


The  revolver  match  between  Squadron  A  and 
the  71st  Regt.,  took  place  on  the  Squadron  range 
on  April  28,  and  resulted  in  a  victory  for  the 
Squadron  by  six  points.  The  71st  team  showed 
great  improvement  over  the  scores  of  last  year's 
match,  andi  they  should  be  an  important  factor  in 
revolver  contests  this  season.  Each  contestant 
fired  ten  shots  deliberate  fire  at  30  yards,  and  10 
at  50  yards.  Standard  American  target.  Colt 
revolvers,  caliber  .38  were  used  by  both  teams, 
with  special  smokeless  ammunition.  Lt.  C.  E. 
Fiske,  inspector  of  rifle  practice  of  Squadron  C, 
was  referee. 


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Extra  long  sleeves  a  specialty. 

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Makers  of  Keep's  Shirts. 

809 — 811   Broadway, 

Bet.  nth  &  12th  Sts.,  N.  Y. 

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The  Warnock  Uniform  Co. 

19-21  West  31st  St. 


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503  Fifth  Avenue 

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Waitresses        Butlers    Cooks,  etc. 


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The  stables,  polo  fields,  and  sqawdfon  house  at 
Van  Cortlandt  Park,  are  now  available  for  the 
use  of  all  active  and  ex-members  of  Squadron 
A.  The  squadron  house,  which  is  the  old  Des- 
brough  mansion,  has  been  equipped  with  shower 
baths  and  other  conveniences,  and  ample  ac- 
commodation has  been  provided  for  members 
desiring  to  spend  the  night  out  there.  It  is  about 
half  a  mile  from  Van  Cortlandt  Park  station 
o'f  Ijhe  Putman  Railway,  and  members  tele- 
phoning to  the  auxiliary  stables  can  usually  be 
met  at  this  station  by  a  trap,  and  driven  up  to 
the  house.  It  can  also  be  reached  by  the  Jerome 
Avenue  cars,  which  pass  directly  in  the  rear 
of  the   stables   and   house. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  for  the  con- 
struction of  tennis  courts  on  grounds  leased  by 
the  squadron  adjacent  to  the  house.  No  charge 
will  be  made  for  the  use  of  sleeping  rooms 
in  the  house,  but  a  small  fee  is  to  be  paid  to  the 
caretaker.  Meals  can  also  be  had  of  lier.  A 
limited  number  of  men  can  conveniently  be  ac- 
commodated at  the  house  during  the  summer 
months,  and  a  large  dormitory,  at  present  unused, 
will  be  furnished  whenever  necessary  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  members.  Members  also  have 
the  privilege  of  keeping  their  horses  at  the 
stables  at  the  same  charge  as  at  the  armory,  and 
that  by  spending  the  night  at  the  house  can  ride 
from  there  in  the  evening  or  morning  after  com- 
ing or  going  to  business. 

Polo  will  be  played  until  further  notice  on 
Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday  afternoons. 


Squadron  A,  under  command  of  Major  O.  B. 
Bridgman,  paraded  at  its  armory  on  the  night  of 
April  2,  for  annual  inspection  and  muster  by 
State  and  War  Department  officials.  The  squad- 
ron made  a  fine  showing  and  had  a  percentage 
of  present  of  98.80.  Maj.  L.  H.  Greer  conducted 
the  inspection  for  the  State,  and  Maj.  G.  H.  G. 
Gale,  U.  S.  A.,  for  the  War  Department  The 
figures  of  the  muster  follow : 

Present  Absent  Agg. 

Field  and  Staff 9  o  9 

Non.  Com.  Staff 9  o  9 

Hospital  Corps 9  o  9 

Troop  I   72  3  75 

Troop  2  74  o  74 

Troop  3  75  o  75 

248  3        251 


Militia  to  Train  Under  Regulars 
Governor  Roberts  and  Adjutant  General  Cole, 
of  Connecticut,  on  May  21,  decided  to  accept  the 
invitation  of  the  War  Department  to  send  a  regi- 
ment of  infantry  to  Mount  Gretna,  Penn.,  for  a 
week's  training  this  summer  under  United  States 
Army  officers.  The  ist  Regiment,  under  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Schulze,  will  be  sent. 


It's 


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You    can^t    say    more 
for  a  glove 


Ask  your  harness  dealer  for 

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Patent  Nevar  Rust  Metal  Bits,  Stirrups,  Etc. 

They  will  not  rust,  and  have  the 
strength  and  color  of  steel.  Are  easily 
cleaned ,  These  Bits  are  all  made  in  the 
latest  and  correct  styles.  See  that 
each  bit  is  stamped  EOLENTINE. 

They  are  being  used  in  the  finest 
turnouts  in  New  York  and  elsewhere. 
The  only  never  rust  Metal  Bits  that 
do  not  turn  color  in  any  climate. 
Guaranteed  against  breaking;  for  two 
years. 

Sole  Agents  in  North  America 

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Importers  of  Fine  Saddlery  and  Saddler  Hardware,  Hogskins  for 
Saddlery.  Pocket  Books,  Upholstery 


Rip  Van  Winkle  House 

Pii\e  Hill.  N.  Y. 


Beautifully  situated  in  the  heart  of  the  Catskill 
Mountains.  First  class  in  every  respect.  For 
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For  Camp,  Field  or  Home 

Can  be  procured  on  requisition  from  all  branches  of  the  Service 

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1000 

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All  Sizes  Carried 

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Tel.  1780  Mad.  Sq. 

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FOB  THE 

Motor  Boat 


FOE  THE 

CAMP 


FOE  THE 

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The  above  cut  represents  the  Portable  Buffet  for  Automobiles. 
A  practical  ice  chest,  combined  with  the  fixtures  and  implements  of 
a  farst-class  bar.  Will  hold  twenty  pounds  of  ice  and  will  keep 
liquid  contents  at  a  temperature  of  38  degrees  F.  for  more  than 
fifteen  hours.  Beautifully  finished.  Very  complete.  Height,  15 
inches;  length,  21  inches;  width,  10  inches;  weight  (without  ice  or 
bottles),  35  lbs.    We  have  other  styles  and  sizes. 

You  should  see  our  Canteen  Chest  for  camping.  Special  in- 
ducements made  to  members  of  the  Seventh. 


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A   Magnificent   modern    Hotel    for   those    who   appreciate    high   class    service    and 
environment,  situated  directly  facing  the  ocean 

MOST    IVIODERN    HOTEL   AT    NARRAGANSETT    PIER 

OPEN  JUNE  23  to  .  .  . 
SEPTEMBER  15,   1906 


The  finest  surf  bathing.      No   annoyance  from   mosquitoes.      Kxcellent  macadam 
roads.     Good  fishing,  sailing,  golf  and   tennis.      Pure  spring  water 
from  the   Mathewson  spring.      Telephone  in  every 
room.       Electric    lights.      Elevators. 
Orchestra.     Quarter  mile 
piazza.    Prom- 
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Improvements  for  1906  include  a  large  number  of  new  bath  rooms 

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FINE  WATCHES 

DIAMONDS 

ARTISTIC  JEWELRY 

AND  SILVERWARE 
'     588  FIFTH  AVENUE 

Bet.  32d  and  33d  Sts.  NEW  YORK 

Formerly,  20  John  Street 

Louis  F*  Mazzetti 

CA'=1ERER 


of  the  Se'benth  l^egiment 

MAIN  OFFICE 

i03,  i05,  t07  West  49th  St. 

'SrAnches 

74th  St.  ctnd  Columbus  Ave. 

tt69  Madison  Ave.,  cot.  86th  St. 

44  West  125th  St. 

Estima.tes  furnished  on  ApplicAtion 

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'  — be  it  bird,  beast  or  target.  Make  your 
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carried  off  PREMIER  HONORS  for  AC- 
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If  you  cann-it  ol.tain, 
we  ship  direct,  ex- 
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receiptofcataloEj  price 


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Beautiful  three-color  Aluminum  Hanger  will 
be  forwarded  for  lo  cents  in  stamps, 

Ji  Stevens  Arms  k  Tool  Co., 

p.  0.  Box  4096 
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[Formerly  Baker  &  McKenney] 

?tli  Regiment  Unilorms  and  f  qoipments 

For  Over  TKlrty-two  Yea-rs 
112  rOUR-TH  AVE.,  Two  doors  below  12th  St.,  New  York  City 


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NEW  YORK 
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SSth  St.  near 
Lexington  Ay*. 


SUESSKIND  &  REHFELDT,  Proprietors 


For  All  Table  Luxuries  at  Popular  Prices.  Choice  Imported 
and  Domestic  Beer.    Beautiful  Cafe.    Altdeutsche  Bierstuber 

GRAND  ORCHESTRAL  CONCERTS   NIGHTLY 


Established  1879  Tel.  824  Morningside 

FRANK  H,  HINES 

Successor  to  T.  F.  Hines 

Builder  and  General  G)ntractor 

104  West  I24th  Street 
New  York 

Sound  Value  Appraisements  of  Buildings,  made  for  In- 
surance Purposes,  on  Certi/icates  Acceptable  to  the 
New  York  Fire  Insurance  Exchange. 


CHARLES  KUBER 
Upholsterer  and  Cabinet  Maker 

No.  992  Sixth  Ave.         S.  E.  Cor.  56th  St. 
NEW  YORK 

Curtains,    Draperies,    Shades,    etc.,    made    to    order. 
Painting.     Paper  Hanging. 
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Vestibule  Doors  varnished  to  stand  all  weather.  Furni- 
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Antique  Furniture  Repaired.  Fresco  Painting.  Fine 
Decorations. 


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"PALMER  HOISE" 

66th  Street,  Lexington  Avenue 
E.  ANRIG,  Prop. 


MEN'S  WEAR  DEPT. 

An   exceptional   showing  of 
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'  MAS   at    moderate   prices 

MEN'S  FRENCH  FLANNEL  OUTING 

SHIRTS,  with  detached  collars 

to   match,  novelty  designs 

$3.65 

MEN'S  WHITE  CHEVIOT  SHIRTS,  with 

detached  collars  and  turn  over  cuffs 

$l.50 

MEN'S  NEGLIGEE  SHIRTS, 

in  white  fancy  designs  and  stripes 

$I.OO  and  $l.50 

MEN'S  IMPORTED  AERTEX   MESH 

SHIRTS  and  DRAWERS,  each 

$l.50  and  $2.25 

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SHIRTS  and  DRAWERS,  each 

50c  and  75c. 


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One  Minute  From  Astor  Place  Subway  Station 


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140  THIRD  AVENUE 
established  1554 


J)INNER  served  for  7th  Regiment  men 
from  5  to  8  o'clock  at 

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There  Is  Nothing  so  Soothing  as  a  Mother's  Kiss 

EXCEPT 

MRS.  WINSLOW'S  SOOTHING  STRUP 


For  Over  60  Years 


Millions  of  Mothers  will  tell  you- 

It  soothes  the  child. 
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It  cures  Wind  Colic. 
It  is  the  best  remedy  for  Diarrhoea. 
It  is  absolutely  harmless  and  for  Sixty  years  has 
proved  the  best  remedy  for  Children  Teething. 

BE  SURE   you   ASK   FOR 

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AND  TAKE  NO  OTHER 


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has  l>een  nsed  for  over  FIFTY 
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SOOTHES  the  CHILD,  SOFTENS 
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world.  B«  sure  and  ask  for  Mrs. 
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no  other  kind.    35  Cotta  •  Bottle. 


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Tallof  and  Importer 
246   FIFTH   AVENUE 

8.  W.  Cor.  28th  St.,  New  York. 


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ATTENTIO    N 

Veterans  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  we  beer  to 
submit  to  your  notice  herewith'  a  cut  of  our 
newly  designed  Seventh  Regiment  Veteranx' 
Pin.  Something  entirely  new,  combining  ex- 
treme simplicity  of  design  and  artistic,  sym- 
metrical proportions.  Every  Veteran  should 
possess  one  of  these  new  pins.  To  wear  a  Sev«" 
enth  Regiment  Pin,  whether  you  are  an  active 
or  a  veteran,  means  to  carry  more  prestige 
about  with  you  than  a  membership  in  the 
swellest  club  in  the  city.  Try  it  and  see  for 
yourself.  Made  in  three  styles  to  suit  all 
pockets.  Beautifully  finished  and  enamaled. 
All  Solid  Gold  S8.00 

"       "  "    with  patent  catch  8. 50 

Starling  Silver  4.00 

Heavy  Gold  Plated,  guaranteed 

quality    4.00 
Special  price  to  clubs  of  six  or  more, 
either  Sterling  or  Gold  plated,  price, 
S3. 20  each.       ::::,: 

EDWIN  C.  HEATHCOTE  &  CO.,  Jewelers 

and  makers  of 

Fine  Sfventh  Regiment  Jewelry 

Removed  to     Fifth  Floor     7  Maiden  Lane 

Telephone  5128  Cortlandt         N.  Y.  City 

Note :  W.rite  for  our  complete  cata- 
logue of  Seventh  Regiment  Jewelry.  A 
postal  card  will  bring  it  by  return  mail. 


HENRY  V.  ALLIEN  &  CO. 

Successors    to 

HORSTMANN  BROS.  &  ALLIEN 

734  Broadway  -  -  New  York 

Manufacturers  and  Importers  of 

Military  Goods 

7th  Regiment  Equipments 
A  Specialty 

Mllltarr  Schools  furnished  with  Caps, 
Buttons,  Gloves,  and  everything  needed 
for    Equipments, 


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292  Fifth  Avenue 
New  York 

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near  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York  ;  Palmer  House,  Chicago  ;  914  Chestnut  Bt.,  Philadelphia. 

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Baths  $1.00 

12  Tickets  $10.00 

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161  Broadway,     688  Broadway, 
723  Sixth  Avenue,  NEW  YORK 


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